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Love this!

It's a strand of Chinese freshwater pearls. It appears to be a mix of long and short potato shapes. It's not tremendously valuable, but it's a tissue-graft freshwater and there aren't many farmers growing them anymore. It isn't an antique. It's probably no more than 20 years old. The clasp is...

Ah, that wouldn't matter! We are just closed on weekends and holidays. So if someone sends an email on Friday night, the the team would normally respond on Monday morning. Monday was Labor Day, so they did on Tuesday morning.

I'm sorry to hear! I just checked into this to see what could have happened. We were closed for the holiday yesterday, so that's why the Friday message wasn't responded to until today. My apologies!

I was just in her boutique last month and asked her about the necklace she was wearing. It's one of the largest baroque strand I'd ever seen.

Years ago ... but I still have a picture! I added a blue pearl education section to our site last week - it took me a while to find this photo in our archives. I needed something to show Tahitian true blues - https://www.pearlparadise.com/pages/natural-blue-pearls

It's a shock to the entire system. There is mortality, fewer spat, shell health ... I am sure the list goes on. Douglas has dealt with these directly, so he can give a much more detailed answer.

Enrique (Guaymas SoC) told me the water hit 33.7°C (92.66°F) this month. He said swimming is overwhelming because you can't release the body heat from the effort. °C Veranos Anual Min Max 1994-2003 30.57 23.74 14.0 32.0 2004-2013 30.63 23.50 12.0 32.1 2014-2023 31.18...

Pearl Dreams is spot on. The black pearls are dyed freshwater, not Tahitian.

Yes, agreed. These are South Sea, not freshwater.

I think it's a harp seal too. @MintyFresh, I think you're referring to the 4th one. This one could be a harp seal pup, perhaps.

I agree. They look like the real deal.

For me it's the conch pearl flamingo followed by the second one, a seal playing in waves perhaps ... ?

This is actually a great lesson on differentiating baroque akoya from fireballs too. The akoya - The fireball freshwater -

These are fun! The only one that looks like akoya is the set of three though. The others look like fireballs.