| Hi Ana,
In freshwater culture, the term keshi refers to coincidental pearls from the soft body (actually natural pearls occuring in a mussel otherwise under pearl cultivation) and now also the second-generation pearls that form in existing pearl sacs after the original cultured pearl has been harvested. However, you are right inasmuch as that the term keshi is really not indicating a distinguishing feature in freshwater culture unless the Chinese freshwater pearl culturing industry is trying to get consumers used to nucleated freshwater pearls as the standard ware which would make the solid-nacre ones all keshis.
Zeide |