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I also have my grandmother's faux pearl necklace with a sterling silver clasp. She gave it to me when I was 11 because she knew I loved pearls. I still have it 56 years later, and I wear it occasionally. I'll pass it down to my niece or her daughter eventually. It's really not worth...

Merrily also got her OceanRhyme necklace while we were doing the Mini-RUCKUS, but she had to wait until she got home to receive her package and to send me photos. First up, Zoey modeling it. It has different types of colorful pearls with long, twisted, silver beads in between. It's double...

I don't know exactly. A friend gave them as a gift to my Aunt Love, who then sold them to me. Maybe 1980s or 1990s.

I agree, the pearls look like unbranded pearls.

Tiger PM'ed me and suggested we meet up, since we both live in Orlando. I'd totally forgotten that she lived in Orlando, too. I also invited my weaving friend Merrily (or Herrick1000) to a mini-Ruckus South East at my house. I have corrupted Merrily to the pearl side and she's halfway...

Blue Lagoon was Mikimoto's lesser quality pearls. I have a strand, and they are actually nicer than a lot of my pearls. Blue Lagoon has a specific clasp. Yours is a generic fishhook clasp. Your pearls are not Blue Lagoon or Mikimoto. Someone just reused the pouch. Here's my necklace...

Not much value. A few dollars only. Fun for costumes.

I buy retail. I'm not a vendor. If you are a vendor and want to buy wholesale, you need to go to the jewelry shows in Hong Kong, Japan, China, etc.

I have fake and inexpensive pearls with solid gold or sterling silver clasps. I have really good pearls (Hanadama, Tahitians) with CZs or vermeil or plated clasps. You can't always judge the pearls by the clasp.

JEG, those pearls glow in that light. Feather pearls for me today, from Kojima. It's so hard to capture the luster, color, and iridescence of these earrings. The gemstones are white topaz, but they sparkle like diamonds. I went a little wild with my nails this time. Full glitter, cat's eye...

They look like dyed freshwater pearls to me.

That clasp should cost more than that. I wonder if you would even get the necklace in the photo.

Yeah, I was wondering about the smooth surface, too, but I've never seen artificial rice krispies because the real deal wasn't that expensive.

It's a baroque fireball shaped pearl. It's not rare. I'm not sure it's South Sea pearl. The color looks more like a Chinese freshwater pearl. But I could be wrong. Let's see what other people here think. It's pretty. Enjoy it. But you don't need an appraisal.

The diamond Miki clasp was usually used on their highest quality strands. AAA.