natural or fresh water pearls? need help

[aswangga777]

Hi all,

I was offered by a guy in Kupang, Indonesia with below pearls:



Quick question, I know the best solution is to send it to GIA Thailand but just from those photos can anyone determine it whether these pearls are natural or fresh water?

Many thanks, all!

 

[starsinthesea]

I don't have much experience, but they look like South Sea pearls. They probably come from a farm what means that they are not natural...

 

[Pareltje]

They are south sea pearls. Possibly from Lombok or other islands of Indonesia. Lombok pearls, however, don't have the luster of ssps from other islands because of the sea water pollution.

 

[Katbran]

I agree ..first thought was SS pearls . Also ..you should do a bit of reading here so you know what you are looking at .... GSS can be dyed so do check for that ...again ..do some quick research. Good luck

 

[aswangga777]

Gents,

I have another question, does anyone here know what kind of pearls below?

 

[Pareltje]

They look like conch pearls to me. But yeah, the round one looks more like a melo-melo pearl.