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Hope these help. Hope these help. The best I could do for the moment

Thanks guys, when I get a chance I will take some more pics...I am having problems with my computer at the moment.

lines again lines again This pearl is listed in a well regarded site...it has similar circles but is a natura pearl..what would cause these in this pearl?

Thanks Dave, you have saved me an expense I didn't really need. The pearl was set in the early 70s and is too big for an akoya, would you hazard a guess as to type?

One from the side One from the side Hi GemGeek..Here's one from the side for you. I am not that great at taking pics but.

After reading the forum about pearl candling I decided to do some of mine, and this pearl has me wondering to the extent that I am considering whether to have it X ray tested. It is a white 13mm off round. It shows many concentric circular lines through the light (not all are showing in the...

Hi Pattye, no unfortunately the band was broken on the ring so it went with other small items to be scrapped..I have been collecting antique jewellery for over 40 years and am familiar with the different era designs ect. The ring would have come from around the 30s-40s..to early for Chinese...

Yep...a pendant it will be, thanks guys....btw, I think it is a natural USA freshwater pearl, what do you think ?

This pearl is about 11m in size...it is baroque so hard to measure.. it has a hole which I think is natural, not drilled...it shows onion type rings as shown. What type of pearl it is I dont know....it came from an old ring but I would like to make a pendant with it...what do you guys think?

Thank you all for the much appreciated help and comments.....I might go and see what else I have inthe way of pearls! :-)

Hi all...love this site.. I bought these pearls a few years agora from a lady on Ebay...she didnt know much about them as she didnt sell jewellery usually. She said they were from a local estate. I did not pay a lot for them...if can remember not much over $100 . They just appealed me....I...

I do enjoy it......and it doesnt matter to me what it is......as for a replacement for another stone in the ring......not according to my jeweler who is also a goldsmith, and has inspected the setting closely. I would not bother with the GIA because the pearl would not be worth the cost seeing...

Curious to know from the pearl guru's, how do you tell a freshwater from a saltwater just by looking at it.....for instance, say you had a barouque pearl, whats the tell tale signs for identifying it to be either salt or fresh water?

Thanks guys for your help, regardless of when or where it originated I'm happy to own it! :-)

This ones clearer

The pearl over a led light, and the ring setting.....sorry a bit blurry, camera needs charging, will add sharper ones if needed.

Hi Caitlin.....can you point out where the bead shows in the pic with the ruler....I gotta learn these things lol. I will put in pic of ring setting later to-day.

It does look like a coin pearl......but it would have to be one formed naturally because they were not cultured as early as 1961. I had another look at the gold ring setting it came from......definately made expressly to fit this pearl......there is also a makers mark 'TE' along with the gold...

Hi, I have held a strong led torch behind it and it appears to be the same throughout, translucent with no dark center. It was claw set in the ring and I had taken it to my jeweler to have the ring resized. He said that the ring was made specificaly for the pearl as the pearl is not totaly...

Hi, I dont know alot about pearls, but love them. I am hoping someone can help identify the species of this pearl. It came from a gold ring which was custom made for it in Edinburough Scotland in 1961 (hallmarked). When the pearl came out, I could see it had a drill hole on one side, so might...