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wonderful! Thanks

close-up pictures would help.

beautiful colour. What size pearls are these, especially the bracelet ones? Cheers

Thanks guys for your support. As far as I am concerned, the game is not over yet, so much to learn and grow. Karink, I am a guy who can easily and quickly get over negativities of life. To me it is another learning episode and hopefully can be avoided in future dealings. This is not the...

Thanks Caitlin. Your suggested plan will be implemented once I have the test report in my hand, and assuming these are confirmed fresh-water pearls, get my "guaranteed" money back. Cheers and thanks for the forum members' discussions - have learnt a lot & will continue to do so. Cheers

Gorgeous colour, congrats!

Yeah, but that's life. Well they could still be natural, albeit freashwater. I don't know what that would mean, but would be highly improbable, since natural and freshwater pearls would hardly be so round!! I have the patience for the next 2 weeks. Cheers

Hi guys, I first thought that perhaps I will update the forum after I had received a test-report from the lab of my pearls. However given the interest amongst our members, here is an update of my trip to Exim (& Mr. Jhaveri). As correctly pointed out by Donzi, this is a very small store in a...

Wow and gorgeous! I am curious, are these for sale or already sold? If still available, kindly e-mail me at aspan1976@yahoo.com with further details. Oh what's a "ruckus this year"? Thanks.

don't mean to start this sil-- debate (some people's blood-pressure seems to be going higher and higher in this discussion/opinion/chat - call it what you may) on "Basra Pearls". However my understanding of "Basra" is that "Basra" was (& may be still is) a trading centre for pearls (& perhaps...

Lovely collection and very interesting photos. I am curious, how did you take x-rays of the pearls? Did you go to any lab to have these done or do you have connection with radiography lab somewhere? Do the photo-yellowness under UV light indicate that these are indeed natural? I would be...

Oh, one more thing. If you (Donzi) were to develop a proposal of this kind, I may have some high-level contacts in Dubai to take this forward from financing perpsective etc. You may need to do some benchmarking to ascertain what's available in terms of degree programs in UAE etc. Well, one...

Great idea Caitlin and totally agree that Donzi can take this forward, he has a way to express things in a story-like manner which grabs one's attention. Cheers

Thanks Donzi and Caitlin. It has taken me a few days to respond since we were in transit, but here is an update. As I write this, we are in Dubai, and expect to meet Mr. Jhaveri (Exim Jewelers) by tomorrow. I already called him up and have set a time to meet at his shop. We will be back in...

Hey Donzi. You sure have a way to express your stories, so well. Great to read them & would have been even better to experience with someone like you on a trip to Bur-Dubai. Also thanks for the info on GIA Dubai as well as contact details of Mr. Jhaveri. Will let you/forum know the outcome...