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Thank you all for your answers, It's so very cool to see that my hunch is confirmed and discover even much more ! @LagoonIsland: I agree it's not very old. The vendor labeled it as an early 19th century collection. It's so clever to estimate the date based on the machine cut beads. That would...

Here is the last picture with the item / artifact you refer too. Did not post it earlier because I have zero clue on what it is. It looks like lava, but it's actually very very smooth to the touch.... my first crazy thought was that it was a meteorite fragment (I also have a vivid imagination :-).

Hello Pearl Experts, I think I stumble upon an old natural pearls "treasure" :-). Could you help me identify if those are indeed natural pearls and which shells they come from ? I only have the pictures from the seller - meant to take new pictures with natural light, but the sun is shy in my...

I was planning to introduce myself as a new comer, so thank you Happy Huku for providing the opportunity in this thread. I found my first pearl in a Fanny Bay oyster 4 weeks ago, during a nice seafood dinner at home. I?m still not over the memory of chewing on a perfectly round little pearl...