Among the rather low quality real stuff on Ebay, once in a while some intriguing curio pops up.
For example,
THIS one.
Is the dark circle conchiolin sans aragonite?
Badly applied glue?
... just curious what that
shocking looking pearl might have to say. Is this a common sort of flaw?
It is a bit strange how really rough pearls are never seen while less-than-gem-grade versions of precious minerals are always there to put things into perspective. It just seemed normal to dig examples out, once the persisting bad vibes of cultured pearls being near-fake is getting progressively washed away.
