alice87
Shiny_Rock
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- Jul 21, 2012
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Hello,
I tried to post of pearl guide, but it is jsut would not let me do this unless moderator check my post.
I am wondering about the quality of pearls I've received.
In one of the topics I saw a necklace that really attracted my attention. I have a friend who make nice assembly of any gemstones, so put it together is the least of my problems.
I was looking through the different sites, and gem fair and I decided to shop at Pear Paradise because they sell pearls by the inch.
Don't get me wrong here.
I trust the pictures on website. I keep believing I will get something close to the posted picture.
So, I ordered 5 several inches of AA+ quality pearls in 6-7, 7-8, 8-9 mm and one inch in freshadama.
link is here
http://www.pearlparadise.com/ByTheInch-6070-mm-White-Freshwater--Partial-Hank-2622.aspx
6-7 mm and 7-8 mm strands are ok, I do't think they match website description, nor do they look like the provided picture.
-----This is PP description of AA+.
Highest grade of freshwater pearl
Near round, appear perfect round from a yard away
Clean surface of 90% or better
Top 5% of freshwater pearls produced today
Excellent to good matching
I already mailed back 8-9 mm because they were nowhere near round. Nowhere, and had a lot of blemishes and scratches.
The freshadama were very disappointing. They had no luster. Just chalky white. My Honora pearls were much better. Much much better by any stretch. Even the two strands I left were so much better than freshadama. All 3 pearls in one inch had different size (they were 8-9 mm), they were not round at all. Yes, and shipping took 12 days.
Considering how high is opinion about PP pearls are here, I was very surprised at the received quality. And I mailed them back.
I tried to post of pearl guide, but it is jsut would not let me do this unless moderator check my post.
I am wondering about the quality of pearls I've received.
In one of the topics I saw a necklace that really attracted my attention. I have a friend who make nice assembly of any gemstones, so put it together is the least of my problems.
I was looking through the different sites, and gem fair and I decided to shop at Pear Paradise because they sell pearls by the inch.
Don't get me wrong here.
I trust the pictures on website. I keep believing I will get something close to the posted picture.
So, I ordered 5 several inches of AA+ quality pearls in 6-7, 7-8, 8-9 mm and one inch in freshadama.
link is here
http://www.pearlparadise.com/ByTheInch-6070-mm-White-Freshwater--Partial-Hank-2622.aspx
6-7 mm and 7-8 mm strands are ok, I do't think they match website description, nor do they look like the provided picture.
-----This is PP description of AA+.
Highest grade of freshwater pearl
Near round, appear perfect round from a yard away
Clean surface of 90% or better
Top 5% of freshwater pearls produced today
Excellent to good matching
I already mailed back 8-9 mm because they were nowhere near round. Nowhere, and had a lot of blemishes and scratches.
The freshadama were very disappointing. They had no luster. Just chalky white. My Honora pearls were much better. Much much better by any stretch. Even the two strands I left were so much better than freshadama. All 3 pearls in one inch had different size (they were 8-9 mm), they were not round at all. Yes, and shipping took 12 days.
Considering how high is opinion about PP pearls are here, I was very surprised at the received quality. And I mailed them back.