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Old 10-22-2006, 07:36 PM
Valeria101 Valeria101 is offline
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Originally Posted by skyflyer3
Are there other types of pearls besides keshi to look for?

On this forum everyone knows what pearl names mean... but once out, 'freshwater keshi' sounds exotic and when used, every shop seems to have a different understanding for these words (anything from slightly off-round, to thin 'petal' shape described HERE). Honestly, I am not sure either what is the correct meaning, since most freshwater pearls are non-nucleated anyway and 'keshi' was meant to descibe non-nucleated accidents from saltwater cultivation.

All in all, the 'Freshadama' are really not expensive compared to any pearls with collector's pedigree I have ever found (meaning, no treatment & high quality... regardless of shape and size). I didn't try Ebay and would like to look for some oddities there in the future, but so far nothing really jumped off the screen as a real bargain. Zeide's find(s) logged on this forum are quite tempting though!

Last edited by Valeria101; 10-22-2006 at 07:48 PM.
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