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I think it is lovely. Every time you examined it I am sure you would find something new and interesting.

They're lovely Pearl Dreams. They glow.

Gorgeous necklace and earrings Jeg. The lustre and colour is beautiful. Such a great look.

Lovely. Looks great. The heishi bead necklace is fantastic.

I would be greatly surprised if there is any "creative advertising terms" used by the owner of that site as she is a very well respected member of the Pearl community. I have been to that site and have not been able to substantiate the comment that "20-30% of Akoya harvests can be button...

Welcome. You have a lovely collection. There is a huge amount to learn about pearls from this site from people from all walks of life willing to share their knowledge.

Without doubt, dyed Chinese freshwater pearls.

Its priceless because of the sentimental value.

I love those feather pearl earrings. They are so beautiful. Your manicure matches perfectly.

IMO they are dyed Akoya pearls. Those dark blue spots are the giveaway that they are dyed and those pearls with little tails or that have the remainder of tails where they have been trimmed to assist with knotting, indicate that they are Akoya. The clasp is vintage Chinese gilded silver.

Gosh Jeg, in that lighting the pearls really glow. Lucky bunnies!

I think these are imitation rice krispies. If you zoom into the "pearls" you will see seams from the mould down the sides of the beads. They may have been made of a shell composite material. On first glance I thought rice krispie pearls, but they do not have the characteristic texture and...

The lustre on that pearl Pomelo is fantastic.

Yes - wear them with a dark turtleneck. :LOL:

Acetone will make the dye run in lapis.