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Thanks for the info, jshepherd, I'm finding that pearls are a very complex subject due to the many ways that they can be produced. I think that what it boils down to for me is that the popular opinion is that they are a nice set and a fairly large one at that. I think I'll have my friend go...

Thanks form the information. I never thought to realize that farmers could place larger beads to produce larger pearls. Thanks, jshepherd, for your input. Yes, there is no question that the Chinese can tell a good story, no different than when you're in Mexico, the US, or at any other tourist...

I guess I was thinking 2 of the ones I have. Presuming that they probably get more of other colors, etc. I wasn't too worried about being taken, it was obvious they were real and felt like it was a good deal for both of us. She was actually about 35 to 40 yrs old and was nicely dressed as was...

Yes, she said she personally finds that many. It seemed like kind of a big deal to her. She said, through my friends translation, that she's been growing for a long time and has only sold 7 similar. I'm sure she is a very small business...she just had a stand in an old village. The next day we...

Thanks for replying. It is a necklace, pearl to pearl is 17" long. I attached close-up photos with a fish eye lens and think it made the foreground pearls look larger than the rest but it really enhanced imperfections that you can't see with your eyes. Mussels...wow! you can really tell by...

On a recent trip to China, I bought these pearls from a woman who my friend says is trustworthy. I wish I had known what questions to ask her, but I did understand that she "grows" them herself...or "farms" them? She said that she places pieces of clams into the shell of a live clam and it...