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Hi fellow beaders, looking for a few reputable online sellers of GENUINE American turquoise beads. I have visited the websites for the actual mines , but I am guessing there are some vendors you guys might know from the Tucson Shows that I could contact? Unfortunately most internet sellers are...

Am I missing something here, an ebay listing for a rare abalone shell with the pearls peeking out. She says it has all those lovely pearl holes around the sides. Here is the link

I am holding some baroque Tahitian cultured pearls, large sizes, purchased from a seller of good reputation who is known to this forum (not PP just to make that clear). They are beautiful, lustrous, cold, and heavy, all the things I would expect, with overtones, etc. Nothing at all to raise any...

Lovely pearl necklace just bought from a fine jewelry antique dealer, They are cultured pearls, well matched, nice luster, beautifully woven, 14K marked white gold clasp, and with a small hang tag with only the initial M in script, with the left side of the M done with a flourish. No other...

Just acquired my first abalone pearl, 37.2 x 13.5 x 6.2 mm, 10.76 cts, natural green with blue silver golden overtones. Totally unplanned purchase, it caught my eye and would not let go. Advice needed on care, but also on how to best display this pearl. It is fairly sturdy on the edges, it...

I was googling a specific type of pearl today and a very interesting thing came up in my search, one of those wonderful (not) ebay guides, this one on how to tell real pearls from fakes. By the time I had read it my eyes were crossed and I did not know whether to laugh (which I was by the way)...

First bead show for me today, and I was literally blinded by the light. So many beads and people and armed with so little knowledge, but I went , I saw, and hopefully I conquered. So here are my photos in sections. First the "cool" stuff: A long large natural color mostly white freshwater...

Went to my first large bead show today, and one dealer, highly recommended by local customers, had some strands of AA grade very large, maybe 11mm, white pearls and even to my untrained eye no doubt they were at least AA , beautiful pearls, very lustrous, great reflectivity, very round, but...

Just bought this at the antique mall where I sell, the dealer bought it in Europe, he is guessing 1920's, heavy unmarked silver over what I think is pearl material, I can't get a tooth to it nor a fingernail, and don't want to risk scratching it. Although it looks uniform on both sides it is...

Sounds like a really dumb question, I have always used the "press them to my cheek" as my first round of testing for real vs fake, but lately I am finding some pearls I know are real, but they just aren't that "cold". Is the coldness dependent on type, quality? Nacre thickness? Possibly age...

Help needed on this ring, bought in the 80's from an antique jewelry dealer, definitive Arts & Crafts period piece in heavy sterling silver, one of a kind, came with a pin that was similar with smaller pearl but a different silver design that was signed for Denmark. Would love to know the type...

Recent consignment shop purchase, I know they are real and freshwater, would love to know name and quality. More to come later. Daddys Little Pearl Antiques Jewelry & Sacred Treasures

Hello, I am new to the forum, and trying to learn more about pearls, so I may be asking a lot of questions. I have become fascinated by the older "rice Krispie" freshwater pearls from I guess the 70's, but have found little useful information on these with a lot of pearl guides referring to them...