Recent content by charliefarlie

I have so kuch to learn. I found the silver seal explanation on this site where it said ungraded! I just applied it to these pearl as they are far from perfect under 10x magnification. Maybe they are just fake after all. Good Friday here in the U.K. so Mikimoto were closed. Will try again...

I love this forum. I am studying with Gem-A - UK gemmology and understand diamonds and am now doing diploma in coloured stones. On my last exam I had to identify a pearl and it was just something I hadn’t really looked at before. Needless to say one pearl was the difference between a...

Hi, I don’t get to London until Mid May so will call London and see if it’s possible to send the necklace down to them. I want them to give it a clean and maybe restringing and I am sure they’ll be the first to tell me if it isn’t what it is claiming to be. I think it’s quite charming so...

Thank you so much for your thoughts. Yes, quality doesn’t look great but I genuinely don’t know what good quality but badly cared for looks like. I called Mikimoto to enquire about cleaning so I will take them down when I am next in London and can get them to confirm or otherwise. The fact that...

I am new to pearls being more of a gemstone gal but couldn't resist this little necklace from ebay. It's pretty as costume jewellery but was sold as Mikimoto Pearl and Coral. I have searched the internet for similar pieces and found nothing. Some help would be greatly appreciated. I plan to take...