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This seems bigger than many pearls I have, could it be a salt water pearl? Would it be a southsea pearl? Or freshwater?

Give it your best guess...what is this? Would this really be a river pearl or is it part of the shell or does that make it a pearl still on the shell? I think it is really interesting, but I just don't know enough.

I have a small pile of pearls to sort and I am not familiar with all the pearl shapes and rings and whatnot to be able to tell what is damage and what isn't Is there a place where I can see lots of pictures of damage or can we make a collection here? (I thought it might be helpful for others...

Besides needing to fix a couple of badly damaged white pearls (these are at the back of the neck), I need to replace missing vintage glass faux pearls on brooches. I have heard that nail polish works best over glass...but the nail polish makers keep changing the colors. What are your favorite...

I recently got these and when I put my glasses on realized that there seems to be what looks like paint on them. Does anyone know what it is and why it would be on there? Thanks

Any tips or tools for cutting apart knotted pearls that need to be restrung? How to get a knot out, if the knot got stuck inside a pearl?

I love the colors on these and the variation, but the white spots make me think they are damaged..is that natural? What kind would they be?

I am trying to understand what is going on with these pearls. the coppertone beads are discolored, so I was wondering if the pearls (cultured) were damaged or dyed weird or if this is natural? Or they good enough to reuse?

This is on a tie tack, so I am guessing from the 80'-90's, could be newer maybe. I have no idea what kind of cultured pearl it is.

I am planning to use vintage "rice krispy" pearls for this instead of seed beads. Do I need knots between each pearl or just where the strand meets the spacer? How can I protect the serafil as it goes thru the divider or should I use beading wire (Then I don't need to knot.). Thoughts...other...

I picked up these pearls because I love the color. I have not worked with these kind of pearls before, but they need to restringing, they at least need knots to keep them from squishing themselves up together and not laying flat. Their shapes get kind of tangled. Is there any other trick can...

I am trying to very quickly understand clasp quality with pearl quality. What does a 14k claps generally mean? If I love a 14k clasp do I need an equally great pearl string? If I have a nice string, how bad is it to use a vintage base metal clasp? What about a sterling clasp with diamonds on...

Knotting Pearls or stones or glass: Is it really that different? I am self taught (with a little of Grandma's help and advice) I have strung many vintage necklaces and pearls. Some knotting (but I usually do it once or twice a year, so I am out of practice) but I usually have had mostly pearls...