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    Is this a 12 strand pre pearl culture era necklace?

    And about the aquamarine earrings, funny thing is sort of a coincidence I had. After my mom passed I was shocked at the amount of her 'fine' jewelry collection was actually not all that fine. A lot of the beautiful cabochons turned out to be glass, but when I started offering itens for sale I...
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    Is this a 12 strand pre pearl culture era necklace?

    That is all very interesting and insightful. Makes me wonder how well they've recorded the probability of certain or rare keshi shapes being produced. It sounds like cultivating pearls might be a fun job with a lot of room for experimentation and design. The other interesting thing is that I...
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    Is this a 12 strand pre pearl culture era necklace?

    Awesome thank you. I had something come to mind I'd like to ask you, I've learned that there are baroque shaped pearls and another being coin shaped. The baroque shape has sphericity, whereas the coin shape are more circular. My question is, is there an intermediate? I have these sort of globby...
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    Is this a 12 strand pre pearl culture era necklace?

    They do look like rice crispies! Haha. thanks for the response! I see they look very similar to the pearls in the keshi pearl photo response. Thank you. One last question: Are there any fringe cases where natural pearls where -when stringed- might get sorted by size and color to the point of...
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    Is this a 12 strand pre pearl culture era necklace?

    Hello, I've been considering these pearls that were left to me by a family member to be cultured fresh water rice pearls for 20 years. I've always wondered why they put big 18k gold findings on a necklace of relatively 'common' pearls. Today I started asking chatgpt what they were and I was...
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