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Update - I didn’t buy the pearls, but I did find what I am fairly sure is a real Fiji pearl - we being sold for very little as it had a broken ring in a J Hunter leather bracelet so I removed the pearl completely and threaded in a fine gold chain. It’s beautiful, looks grey sometimes green and...

Thank you, I certainly won’t be buying then, I already have a nice set of Chinese dyed freshwater pearls - that were advertised as such and I paid $10s of dollars for - not hundreds. I’ll same my money for Rarotonga next year

Sound like you all might have saved me from a bit of a mistake - thanks so much, will just have to save up for a trip to Fiji - and for a nice genuine set in Rarotonga next year

I may well have been!

Here is another picture I thought they looked quite good for low grade - your sure they are freshwater?

Wow that was quick - she is quite reputable but maybe she was mislead. Thanks I’ll pass I already have some very nice dyed freshwater.

Hi, I need advice, I am currently obsessing over pearls in general especially the black varieties. I recently bought a very sweet baby Tahitian gold art nouvou style pendant and also snapped up a pair of Cook Islan Black pearl studs orginally from Bergman and sons, so my budget is fairly...

Yes they are knotted the Japanese way and really short - which I love as I have a small neck and standard length is too long for me. They are beautiful - I hope you are enjoying yours. Next month I go to Japan - going to very tempted to get some more pearls now!!!

Hi, I realise this is a really old post - but I have the same ones with the exact same clasp and they are Mikimoto. There should be a really tiny “s” on the left hand corner, I polished mine with a silver polishing cloth and it went black before I found it - it’s very small and just an “s”...