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Thank you both! Sorry for the late response, I’ve been away for a few weeks. I do, indeed, treasure it! It is beautiful and belonged to someone very special to me. it is still in the bank box for now.

Thank you Lagoon Island Pearls. I made another couple of attempts but I think you are right. I will post them later. My equipment and skills will not allow me better shots.

Enlisted a second iPhone to snap the pix - one more try…. Sorry- a few are not well focused

Thanks! I have been trying to use my phone and affix the ring on top but it keeps falling off! 😂 will try more later. Working, finishing another project and getting ready for a trip so time is limited. Thank you for all this great info and links! I’m beginning to think Lagoon Island Pearls (LIP)...

I can’t tell… I either get glare or diffusion…

Thanks so much! I will candle it at home and see what comes of it. If I can, I will post results here. (not sure if my photo Skills will allow)😬

Thanks much! Such good info here, it’s a great site. I will look for that. If it looks like it might be natural, GIA would be next step? Thanks to you all for such great information and advice!

Thank you! I don’t really intend to sell it, only to know if I should be insuring it. GIA would give me an idea of that, I assume?

He got the SSEF certification AFTER he got the pearl, then? If mine is natural, I can do the same? Thanks again!

Forgive me but I am very novice when it comes to pearls. How do you mean, “marked occlusions at the nucleus consistent with natural pearls”? I always thought that natural pearls had no implanted nucleus? There is a natural one? Thanks!

Beautiful! How big is it, if I may ask..? Also SSEF? South Sea ?? Thanks!

Thank you Lagoon Island Pearls - I will most definitely do that! For now, it’s in the bank box til we get back. I may be all wet for the size - I’m not very good with size estimates. I just know it’s bigger than my Akoya pearls, which are 8mm, (I think, maybe 7). I really have to buy a gauge!

Thank you both! I am going on a trip but when I get back, I will ask the jeweler if he saw anything when he sized it. I don’t trust my skills in getting it out of it’s setting now. If it is natural, is it something I should have appraised and insured? It’s fairly large - maybe 11/12mm?

Thanks! I just had it sized so I will ask the jeweler. He removed it to size the ring. Could I also see one by candling it?

I inherited this ring from my grandmother. My mother had it made from a pearl she got from a diver in Indonesia. He apparently spent a lot of time diving for pearls (for meat?). He has found this one while diving and sold it to my mother. Is it really natural and how can one tell? It is actually...