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These were freshwater pearls implanted with different shapes of nucleus.

I would say "Yes?" It totally depends on the seller's reputation. Premium Grade FWP can have the same luster and quality as shown in the picture. Maybe you can try magnifying it if you have a 100x magnifier.

Maybe you can try looking for a customized extensive clasp or accessories instead of looking for similar pearls. By the pics, I would say extending it to 20inch would make it a beautiful necklace.

These are Akoya in the absolute sense. The answer is simple. There were no Chinese cultured pearls in the 40's. It’s such a great experience to have a pearl necklace that is almost 100 years old. They are so easily damaged or lost. But luckily your family held it dear and put it in the right...

The pearls appear to be freshwater or imitation to me, so no point in having them appraised. But you can tell easily if the clasp is gold by some simple tests. If it's real 14k gold, it's worth a couple of hundred dollars.

Dyed Freshwater. Keshi tahitian pearls don't usually get this shape. The shapes look like unnucleated freshwater pearls

No, there are no real natural pearls. Except those pricy conch pearls with gorgeous flame structure surfaces. These are dyed FWP made in China.

These looks like dyed freshwater pearls

By Pictures, they are either fake pearls or genuine South Sea Pearls, for plastic fake pearls it is easy to tell by doing a scratch test. If they are not fake, very likely you got a strand of real SSP! BTW $750 is a really good price, hard to find strand with this place from US shops! Congrats!!!

Never enlarge the holes my friend. maybe you need to try to use a thinner reamer.

Definitely freshwater pearls. I know lots of guys in the Philippines buy DYED freshwater pearls from China and then sell it to tourist with the price of South Sea Pearls.

Yes, you can choose the jewelry type/material and upload a sketch for reference. I guess you might miseed that feature?

Thank you for the honest feedback. We really appreciate it :) Yes, WE don't do stainless steel and 9K gold. But right now the gold price is insane; most of customers can't afford gold jewelry.

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gold clasps are usually made with Au750 or G18K stamps. I am 100% sure those are not real gold. Gold price is crazy right now.