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Pearls are not good investments. They should only be bought for one's own enjoyment. In general, pearls do not hold their value on resale. A famous brand like Mikimoto may hold its value better than generic pearls but even so, from what I see on eBay, people are buying them used because they...

Well, I have rambled long enough. ;)

Many famous ladies have worn imitation pearls! Jackie Kennedy's famous 3 strand necklace were fakes made by Kenneth Jay Lane. As were First Lady Barbara Bush's pearls. Coco Chanel wore fake pearls. Kate Middleton had some nice fake pearl earrings. I understand Diana also had some fakes.

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And then there is the overall impression of a strand. Too uniform = probably fake. A real pearl strand, even a very good one, will have some blemishes, no matter how small. Maybe a few pinpricks. But a fake strand may look perfect. If there are overtone colors, they will not all be the same...

Here are a few tests you can do: 1. Temperature test. Real pearls are cooler than fake ones. This test works for plastic and glass pearls; I have not yet tried it with imitation pearls that have a shell bead, as these are less common and I don't have any. I may buy some just to try the test on...

Lower quality fake pearls may have these (but not better fake pearls): • Swirls of excess pearlescent coating near the drill holes • Large drill holes (pearl are sold by weight so the holes tend to be drilled small to preserve weight.) If the knots seem too large it may be because they had to...

I have a little time now. :) First, these are not definite ways to tell if pearls are fake: You can't tell by the knotting. Either real or fake pearls may be knotted between every pearl or only knotted between the end few pearls. You can't tell by whether the strands are finished with...

There are other ways to tell real pearls from fake ones. I could elaborate if you are interested.

It isn't just being round, as real akoya pearls are usually round. But all being the same size-- in a real strand there is usually up to 0.5mm difference between the smallest and largest in a strand. e.g. a strand may be sold as 6.5-7.0mm. This is because real pearls are made by living mollusks...

To me they look like imitation pearls. See those smaller pearls right at the ends where the clasp connects? That is a common thing with imitation strands. The photos are out of focus but the pearls all look the same. Typical of fake pearls. Imitation pearls were very common with the older...

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I have only ever seen one person wearing Tahitians, and that was in 2013 when we were colleges with our daughter. I have never seen anyone wearing SSP.

Just be prepared for tariffs. JNBgems ships from Canada....

Tahitians are like potato chips. No one can stop at one. :ROFLMAO:

It's not that simple. I have various T strands, as does my husband. In general I prefer larger pearls for shorter necklaces and smaller pearls for longer ones (larger = heavier and I do not like heavy necklaces.) What I was getting at re: priorities is that they conflict. Color and size...

Younger Tahitian oysters tend to produce better colored pearls, but smaller because the oysters themselves are smaller. Really large Tahitian pearls, produced by older oysters, will tend not to have as flashy colors. But that is a generalization. I like more colorful Tahitian pearls so I don't...

I absolutely loathe doing returns so I'm really picky about where I buy from.

These are the pearls you want to be careful about when you remove the tag.

So far I have not had the "temperature test" fail me. It works for both plastic and glass imitation pearls. (I have not tried it with so-called shell pearls which have a shell bead and imitation coating). Real pearls are cooler than fake pearls. To do this test you need to have the pearls you...