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I have visited Dhaka, Bangladesh several times over the past eight years. On my first trip, I was excited about the "Bangladeshi pearls". I was surprised and disappointed because all the pearls...

I was thinking that the original buyer wanted a three-strand necklace, but it was unavailable. So she/he got three separate Mikimoto strands of varying lengths (the receipt shows different price for...

Definitely Chinese freshwater pearls. The settings are rhodium plated base metal from China.

Nice post Grace. Very informative and I love the pictures.

There is quite a variety of pearls in Greenhills, but 90% or more of the merchandise are from China. It is also important to have some basic knowledge of pearls (or know exactly what you are looking...

Greenhills is such an interesting place; but always shop with caution. I remember several years ago (when I did not know anything about pearls), I was sold a pair of "baby South Sea" pearl studs for...

Nice to "see" you here in Pearl-Guide.com, Jose. I myself recently joined the site and I've found it very informative and interesting. It is a rich resource of information on pearls.

I am glad...

This is the description in the accompanying certificate from TahitianPearls.biz:

Pearl Type: Tahitian black pearl
Pearl Shape: Circle' semi-baroque
Pearl Size: 9-11mm
Pearl Nacre: Extremely...

The Power Pro 20 lbs. that I ordered from Amazon just arrived. I immediately worked on the 11mm freshwater pearl strand of my sister-in-law. Power Pro is much easier to use than silk. It is...

Caitlin,

Here are pictures of a similar strand I bought from Tahitianpearl.biz. The strand is a gift to my sister. I took a few shots of it. Very nice multi-colored rings with fantastic luster....

I recently bought a strand of multi-colored tahitian pearls from them - - similar to the one in the link posted. It was gift for my sister. The strand was exactly as described. In fact it looked...