Recent content by pattye

It's always fascinating to look at gems, stones and pearls through a loupe! And a loupe is oh so helpful with untangling knots gone awry!!

The clasp has marcasite stones, adding sparkle and possibly dating the clasp to the 1940-1950's.

I agree, ringed freshwaters. It is difficult to explain. The colors lay differently on Tahitians. One seldom sees bright green and bright blue on the same pearl. Strong blue is rare in 1 Tahitian pearl, even more rare to have a strand with many blues. Shapes are off, as A Breaker mentioned...

Welcome to the forum, Hasha. My research indicates that Blue Lagoon pearls will have the clasp marked with BL, not the Mikimoto logo with the M inside the shell. This clasp looks like a commonly used fish hook clasp. I do see the 14k mark on the clasp insert, but nothing that indicates these...

Just a thought, perhaps, after cleaning, take the best pearls to make a necklace and use a blue gemstone like apatite to coordinate and alternate with the pearls.

Long Potato, If you want to try bleaching, you might use hydrogen peroxide greatly diluted with distilled water. Perhaps test with just a few pearls. This is NOT something I have done. First, though, I would give them a bath in mild cleaner like Dr. Bronner castile soap and see if that would...

I hope you have a loupe and can check out the nacre thicknness when the drill holes are open.

Imitation pearls may have a high sentimental value, but not much dollar value. Is there a story with this strand?

Mode, We don't have a way to tell what your pearls are worth; that can only be done by an appraiser looking at your pearls in person. However, if you could take a few more photos of the pearls on a white paper towel, we could see them more clearly. Is the clasp Karat gold? What size are the...

Jeg, You and Bunny are looking awesome!

@J.lee Your strand seems to flow nicely alternated like this! You've done a lovely job of stringing, so I'd wear them like this for awhile. You can always restring the later!

BWeaves, I wondered about the clasp also. It's described as moissonite and gold filled, but I doubt that clasp could be true gold filled. Somehow the color of the pearls look more like freshwater to me with the overtones than SS.

J.Lee, Sounds like a lovely idea! I especially love colored pearls; I just wear what I like, and don't think much about matching skintone or clothes.

There's a very short turnaround if you wish to return. I have no idea what amount you'd pay for duty & customs. The price seems very low. Seems risky to me also.

Thank you, A Breaker!