Hello! I came to this forum after becoming curious about my pearl necklace. It was given to me last year by my fianc? and I have been wearing it on a daily basis for the past month and receiving a few compliments, notably by a Tiffany sales associate yesterday morning when I brought in jewelry to get cleaned and polished. I was wondering if anyone here could give me any info about them off the top of their head as I've been finding it quite difficult to do it on my own from what I can manage to find online. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you so much!
What kind of pearls are these?
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la_corsetiere
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Looks like a pretty multicolor freshwater pearl strand to me, natural colors.
Sheri
Sheri
Caitlin
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I agree with Sheri. It looks fantastic on you. I think that anyone could compliment you on it!
Being freshwater, you can wear it a lot and not worry about wear! Good thing because it will look great at a baseball game, work, or a night out.
Being freshwater, you can wear it a lot and not worry about wear! Good thing because it will look great at a baseball game, work, or a night out.
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Nice pearls! The size and length suit you very well.
You have a naturally colored, Chinese cultured freshwater pearl strand. Freshwater pearls tend to be a little off-round because, unlike cultured akoya saltwater pearls, the vast majority of freshwater pearls do not have a bead nucleus-- so they are nacre all the way through. This makes them very durable.
The mussels used to culture these pearls are nucleated with a bit of mantle tissue instead of a bead, and many pearls are cultured simultaneously in one mussel. One mussel can produce all those colors.
If you read a bit on the Freshwater pearls forum you will see that a lot of us are fans of freshwaters. The Chinese are improving their process all the time. Back in the 1970s and 1980s we used to see the rice krispies pearls and then in the 90s the potato shapes. Nowadays near-round pearls are available, and even some fully round (more rare.) There are even some very high end ones that have a large bead nucleus.
You have a naturally colored, Chinese cultured freshwater pearl strand. Freshwater pearls tend to be a little off-round because, unlike cultured akoya saltwater pearls, the vast majority of freshwater pearls do not have a bead nucleus-- so they are nacre all the way through. This makes them very durable.
The mussels used to culture these pearls are nucleated with a bit of mantle tissue instead of a bead, and many pearls are cultured simultaneously in one mussel. One mussel can produce all those colors.
If you read a bit on the Freshwater pearls forum you will see that a lot of us are fans of freshwaters. The Chinese are improving their process all the time. Back in the 1970s and 1980s we used to see the rice krispies pearls and then in the 90s the potato shapes. Nowadays near-round pearls are available, and even some fully round (more rare.) There are even some very high end ones that have a large bead nucleus.
