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Looking forward to reading all about your trip!

What a stunning piece!

Thank you for your response and taking the time to review my pictures. Again I appreciate everyone on this site. I have learned so much in the past few months. I am beginning to be more confident with identifying real vs fake pearls and the types of pearls. So many items I have purchased over...

A magnet does not stick to them. I have been wearing them. They feel pretty strong. The only thing I can see wrong with them is the coating has worn off of the French wire on the ends. I will probably wait a while before restringing. After looking at the tiny gold color beads again I can see a...

Update I found one of the pearls with this flaw in the pearl. It exposes the bead under the nacre. The bead is white in color. The nacre does not look flaked. It looks as though the nacre just did not form around a section of the bead. Is this a real pearl or a fake one? And if a fake could it...

Interesting. Thank you for the information. I will look up daisy rondelles

Thank you A Breaker for your evaluation. The clasp is marked 14 k. It is yellow gold. The picture was dark at the bottom so it looks like a silver clasp in picture. The beads in between the pearls are gold color as well. I don’t know if they are gold fill, plated or what. They are several tiny...

Very interesting to read about your collection. Had no idea pearls like these in your collection were found in the US. I live near the Ohio River in Kentucky. Curious to know if anyone has found pearls in this area?

Well here ya go. Almost 15 years later and I asked seri the same question on my cell phone and look what came up! I purchased a necklace and set of pearl earrings and it had 14k and IWI on the clasp. I to wondered what the IWI meant. Thank you all again for this forum. I paid $5.00 for the set...

When I look at it through a loupe it looks like there are 2 drill holes angled toward each other with what originally looked like there was a tiny space that was not drilled between them that has over the years broken away from the wear of ring and thread. I can see it is white looking in there...

Very pretty

My M looks different than yours

I also have a strand with a single M on it. No clam shell. I’m going to have to dig them back out and take another look. The M is capital and the slash goes straight across the middle and has little dot points on the ends. Interested to see the comments.

They are stunning! Definitely wear as often as you can. To beautiful to hide away.

How about the pearls. Anyone care to confirm or correct my thoughts about them being Akoyas? I am thinking that they are but if they are not can someone please circle the picture or describe to me what I missed in my conclusion. I appreciate your time and patience. I am learning new things every...

A Breaker, I appreciate your input and advice. I also use Ms. Pattye’s gimp and love her thread. The #30 is what I usually use. I use 2 strands in a knot throughout my necklaces with 4 strings on the last 3 pearls at each end. I drill the last 4 pearls so the thread will go through along with...

Sadly all of our jewelers in our small town have either passed away or retired. I will ask the retired one the next time I see him.

Very interesting

Now I see. Thank you. Any idea what the cost would be to put the safety latch back on? Also I redid the gold test after reading the directions again and believe it is 14 k not 10.

Wow this has been a very interesting thread to read! I really enjoyed it. I love the amethyst clasp! Definitely agree with wearing the necklace. Way too beautiful. It deserves to be worn for all to see and appreciate.