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Have you ever cleaned this strand? The luster isn't high but that could be a patina of accumulated skin oils etc. obscuring the luster. Do you own other pearls? You could repurpose the clasp when restringing your other strands. You can check for a metal mark. 14K, 10K, 585 etc. = gold.

What a nice gift for your granddaughter! That is a graduated strand of akoya pearls, sometimes called a "momme" or "3.5 momme" strand (momme being a unit of weight.) These necklaces were commonly bought during the WWII / Korean War era by military men working in the Far East, who then gave them...

Drill holes can provide these indications of whether pearls are real or fake. But this is mostly if the fake pearls are lower quality. 1. Real pearls tend to have smaller drill holes than fake pearls, because pearls are sold by weight-- so smaller hole means more weight is preserved. However...

I don't recommend rubbing pearls on teeth any more because teeth are harder than pearls and can scratch them. Instead I recommend rubbing one pearl against another pearl. Be gentle-- don't rub hard. Gritty means rough feeling. Scratchy. Also if you have a jeweler's loupe (this is a 10x...

There is such a thing as natural metallic luster in pearls. Probably those are freshwater pearls, but if you are in doubt, rub 2 of them together. Gritty feeling = real pearl, smooth feeling = imitation.

Now if tracking does NOT show delivery, then it's a different story. Then you can file a claim on the seller. Through eBay, if it's eBay.

If the tracking shows it to be delivered, the seller has no more responsibility for the item. That is just the way the system works here in the USA; I don't know about other countries. It is not the fault of the seller if someone steals the package from someone's front step or if the carrier...

I'm glad we could help. If it's any comfort, even experienced pearl shoppers sometimes have to return pearls that didn't look the way they thought they would. Even when buying from reputable vendors. It's nobody's fault-- pearls are hard to photograph accurately when the colors are complex...

I love that story! It's Maurice Shire's account in Antoinette Matlin's The Pearl Book: The Definitive Buying Guide. So many other great stories in that book. The one by Nicholas Paspaley about what happened to his father is especially amazing.

There are various threads on here about men and pearls! https://www.pearl-guide.com/search/522554/?q=men&c%5Btitle_only%5D=1&o=relevance I do think more men are wearing pearls nowadays and it seems to be more accepted, but apart from my husband, I have only ever seen one man in pearls: a...

I'm still getting a freshwater vibe from them. The size would also be on the high side for akoyas. Akoyas that size would be quite costly.

To me the first strand looks like FWP based on eggy shapes especially visible in the 3rd photo. The second strand, I think akoyas that have perhaps yellowed.

I also vote for fake. The surface looks like some imitation pearls I bought at T J Maxx some years ago. The brand was Lucoral and they were labeled freshwater pearls, but when I got them home and did a few simple tests on them, and examined them with a loupe, I realized they were fake and...

There are photos of two different necklaces. The OP's question is about the knotted strand in the 1st and 3rd posts, not the one in post #21. :)

If you have a creative bent you can actually have a lot of fun stringing your own stuff. Not just pearls. Semi-precious stone beads and other materials are great too. And not just on thread. I like Beadalon beading wire with screw type crimps, and either silicone bumpers instead of knots, or...

I once bought a mediocre pre-owned necklace and even more mediocre SS bracelet and added some loose pearls I had from other vendors to make a nice multicolored one for my husband. This necklace has the dark center pearl that I removed from the necklace in my previous post. Here he is wearing it.

It is tricky, yes. My favorite Tahitian necklace is one I bought second hand. I thought the color pattern would suit me, but it didn't go so well with the clothes I tend to wear. And the center pearl had a weird bump that somehow always rolled around to the front where it kept catching my eye. I...

Yes! I often rearrange pearl necklaces from the way they were originally strung, even replacing pearls that I don't like as much. Sometimes a pearl that is closer to the front is less attractive so I move it back. This is the pearl that struck me immediately, which I would move back a bit so...

Oval interlocking clasps: lower end (silver and vermeil): https://www.bellafindings.com/jewelscart2000/store/jewelscart2000_searchItem.asp edit: oops, you still have to enter the search term: "oval interlock clasp" higher end (gold)...

Nice! For your heavier necklaces, you might have a look into interlocking oval clasps and locking carabiner clasps. They come at lower end and higher end price points and larger and smaller sizes. I'll hunt up a few links for examples.