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Thank you Wendy for the detailed description! I get the picture now :)

hi there, I know this could be a silly question, but here goes.. I do we differenciate tahitian pearls vs fresh water bead nucleated pearls with similar color ranges? I know in recent times fresh water bead nucleated pearls comes with similar colors to tahiti pearls. Is there special...

golden pearl golden pearl Thank you so much Amrita and Adeline! Learned so much in just 2 replies already! I will try to post some pictures of the strand I got. Its a multi colored strand consist of fresh water (pinks, oranges, grey, white etc) and S.E. pearls. The reason for my prev...

Hi, This could be a silly question...what the heck i am new to pearls...so i am allowed to ask silly questions I suppose! here goes.... I am reading that most golden pearls are South Sea.... but can it be fresh water bead nuclea as well? with 15-16 mm?? or is this impossible?? I guess what I...

Hi there, I am getting the trend of learning more about pearls... I would like to know the general sizes for for South sea pearls, tahitian pearls and fresh water pearls max mm? The reason is I am in the process of purchasing some pearls... the supplier claimed its pistachio pearls and it the...

Hi again, I just got this image from my chinese colleague who was able to obtain some Edison pearl samples. I thought I would post it for study purposes on this forum as we are on the topic. I think its rather interesting... I told my colleague to send me a sample as well to compare with...

Pattye, this is not from any site.... I took this photo myself for the purpose of discussing on this forum. The main query is if this could be color treated as I was not aware of Edison pearls until I posted my original message. All I can say is when I view through the drill hole the nucleas...

This is pearl strand with intense pink saturation which I mentioned with round to near round 15mm pearls... supposed to be fresh water??

and the pearls are very smooth not wrinkled .... with very few blemishes

Thanks for for the info. Are these the Edison pearls which is much talked about on the forum? So basically these cultured pearls are totally natural color even high saturated pinks and purples? ?? The ones I got on hand is 11-15 mm almost Round beads with thick nacre and the intensity of the...

Hi there, I would like to know the pastal shade colors of fresh water pearls which are apparently bead nucleated in China. Does it comes in intense purplish hues?? I suspect treatment mainly due to the intensity of the color and uniformity. But supplier insist that its the new method they use...

Pattye, the pearls are not flattened... it is rounded (imagine an oval rounded potato!) :)

Hi, They are 2 diff. baroque pearls. I was asked to give opinion on quality, but I found it very interesting coz. never seen such large ones before or while I was studying for pearl at GIA didnt see them mentioning such large baroques. Maybe you are right Pattye, I didnt get the...

The baroque pearls I was referring to as under... not a good photographer had to resize the image... but hope you get the idea on the size... its like a huge potato!

Hi folks, I would like to know is there a limit on how long a baroque pearl can be? I got this grey semi baroque drop shaped possibly south sea with obvious orient for evaluation by a client. approx. lengnth 48 mm x width 17 mm Is this normal ? I have never seen such a big baroque nor...