Nicrez
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Ok, my jewelery foray had lead me down the pearly path, and I just bought a string of cheap 6mm pearls as they were slightly ovalesque and not perfectly polished, but absolutely lovely($30) with a simple 14K gold clasp ($17) and the restringing ($10), which all comes out to about $61 with tax.
My questions:
What makes pearles cheap, what makes them outlandishly expensive, like the $500 strand I saw... How can you tell when buying?
Can you ever string a simple set of pearls with anything fun, like a pendant without making it look tacky?
How can you tell cultured pearls from natural pearls?
What are Freshwater pearls and how do they fit amoung the pearl hierarchy...?
Thanks for any help on this!
My questions:
What makes pearles cheap, what makes them outlandishly expensive, like the $500 strand I saw... How can you tell when buying?
Can you ever string a simple set of pearls with anything fun, like a pendant without making it look tacky?
How can you tell cultured pearls from natural pearls?
What are Freshwater pearls and how do they fit amoung the pearl hierarchy...?
Thanks for any help on this!