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Older cultured freshwater pearls don't have a bead nucleus. They are 100% pearl nacre, just like natural pearls. They are cultured, but were sometimes sold by unscrupulous sellers to unsuspecting buyers as natural pearls. Because the gem labs hadn't seen these types of pearls before, they...

Here you go! The Rice Krispie and lapis necklace has no clasp, so I can position the big beads anywhere. I like to purposely wear them asymmetrically because they're going to shift around anyway. The blue baroque akoya necklace has a clasp and tends to stay centered.

I'll try to get photos for you tomorrow.

Jeremy is also the president of The Pearl Association of America.

I can normally tell the difference between Chinese freshwaters and Japanese akoyas. They are distinctive. However, I've seen some of the new bead nucleated freshwater pearls coming out of China, and they are amazing in roundness, luster, and whiteness. They are going to be much more...

Merrily: Dex is right.

Pearl Dreams: I love how those two necklaces nest.

I'm still thinking dyed.

Syrie: Love them!

Dyed.

More jeans a T-shirt pearls. This time blue baroque akoya necklaces and mismatched pastel Tahitian earrings. Dangle necklace from Takahashi. Strand from Pearls of Joy. Earrings from Kamoka. The photos are not capturing how blue all these pearls are. The wall behind me is green.

I have a couple of 30" necklaces with a similar look, but the small pearls are all the same length between the larger pearls, so there's not a swag effect. One necklace has rice krispie pearls between the larger lapis beads. The other necklace has teeny tiny keshi between graduated pearls...

Dyed black akoyas were a thing a long time ago. It was a way of selling pearls that weren't a good white color. I agree with ennui. If you're not sure you like them, then you don't. I also go with a gut reaction of WOWZA! or something like that. If I don't have that gut reaction, then I...

Jeans and a T-shirt pearls. I love mismatched Tahitian pearls. Earrings and pendants from Kamoka. Tin-cup Tahitian keshi from Kojima.

Pastel Tahitians today. Necklace from my last RUCKUS at Pearl Paradise. Mismatched earrings from Kamoka.