JewelFreak
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For many moons I've meant to ask you experts about these earrings. I know next to zero about pearls (& not much more about diamonds; I'm more of a colored stone freak). I bought them about 12 yrs ago at a consignment shop in a town with a lot of well-heeled residents. I paid $350 for them -- showed them to one of the gemologists at Tiffany's, where I worked at the time, & she said I got a bargain -- but may have been telling me what she thought I wanted to hear.
The pearls are 9.3 mm, the entire earring 10.8. Diamonds look clean when I loupe them -- cleaner than those bezeling my watch, at least. Are the pearls Tahitian or something else? How would I know if they're dyed, or is it possible to tell without sending them to a lab? They are pretty dirty -- I've never cleaned them because I don't know how!
This photo is a little dark but shows the purplish sheen.
Any info on them would be welcome. I've always been curious about them. Many thanks!
--- Laurie
The pearls are 9.3 mm, the entire earring 10.8. Diamonds look clean when I loupe them -- cleaner than those bezeling my watch, at least. Are the pearls Tahitian or something else? How would I know if they're dyed, or is it possible to tell without sending them to a lab? They are pretty dirty -- I've never cleaned them because I don't know how!
This photo is a little dark but shows the purplish sheen.
Any info on them would be welcome. I've always been curious about them. Many thanks!
--- Laurie