Vintage Beautiful Cultured Pearl Necklace By Gorham

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Are these real?

May 2nd, 2012 at 8:41:13 AM PDT by

These are a high end dup;icated set of pearls from an original by Gorham. They are on the pricey side, yet not as much as the original. They are real cultured pearls.

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May 2nd, 2012 at 7:38:17 PM PDT by

What is the clasp made of?

May 2nd, 2012 at 2:16:52 PM PDT by

Have to chuckle. Kids swim goggles are doing better than vintage pearls. lol

May 9th, 2012 at 1:26:12 PM PDT by

what do you mean by duplicated set? Original?? need clarification.

May 9th, 2012 at 6:53:47 PM PDT by

The woman I got them from said her mom had a very expensive pearl necklace, identical to this one, and was afraid to wear it so she had this set especially done for her. It's a very good set of pearls, just not the more expensive one. Make sense?

May 9th, 2012 at 7:49:15 PM PDT by

From my experience, and please don't take this the wrong way, if a person has a copy made of very expensive jewelry, it is usually made from synthetic/inexpensive material. I do speak from experience, having been in the jewelry business for over 40 years. There is a very easy way to tell if they are "real cultured pearls" or not. Bite a pearl near the clasp and see if it peels. If it does, then it is costume. Real cultured pearls do not peel - in other words they are not coated with anything. They are beautiful pearls regardless but terminology is confusing sometimes.

May 10th, 2012 at 2:17:53 AM PDT by

Thanks for the info. but it is still confusing to me.

May 10th, 2012 at 4:23:04 AM PDT by

Real pearls, either cultured, freshwater or natural do not have anything coating them. Costume pearls are typically glass beads with a coating that makes them look like pearls with the weight from the glass beads giving the illusion of a strand of real pearls. Real pearls are made up of organic material, applied as it were by the oyster. Cultured pearls are produced by the oyster when something is placed in their shell under their little body. The oyster then coats that something with nacre because the pearl is annoying them. The older the pearl, the bigger it is. The best way to tell a real pearl from a costume is the run the pearl over your teeth. If it feels gritty (and again does not peel), then changes are it is real. However, (and there is always a "however"), some synthetic pearls are pearl colored and not coated which makes it even more difficult to tell. That's why I said the best way is to actually bite the pearl near the clasp (so it won't be so visible) and if a coating comes off (bite it gently of course), then it is costume. If not, you still have a 50/50 chance that it's real. The best way, of course, would be to take them to a jeweler...lol. Thus saving your teeth...

May 10th, 2012 at 4:45:43 AM PDT by

oops, typo - to run the pearl over your teeth...

May 10th, 2012 at 4:46:36 AM PDT by

and yet another...lol...chances are it is real...not changes. Geez.

May 10th, 2012 at 4:47:32 AM PDT by

An X-ray is not necessary. Anyone with even a limited knowledge of pearls can tell if they are real or not.

May 10th, 2012 at 7:28:15 AM PDT by

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