http://www.thefoolsgold.net/necklaces/when-i-was-in-asia-i-saw-necklaces-advertised-as-cultured-pearl-necklaces-but-the-pearls-were-an-inch Tue, 22 May 2012 10:34:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thefoolsgold.net/necklaces/when-i-was-in-asia-i-saw-necklaces-advertised-as-cultured-pearl-necklaces-but-the-pearls-were-an-inch/comment-page-1#comment-7070 Silken knot Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:38:59 +0000 http://www.thefoolsgold.net/necklaces/when-i-was-in-asia-i-saw-necklaces-advertised-as-cultured-pearl-necklaces-but-the-pearls-were-an-inch#comment-7070 "Cultured Pearl" simply means that it was grown in a mollusk on a pearl farm. There are many freshwater pearls on the market that are much less expensive than Akoya, or even South Sea pearls. These are all formed in different mollusk. The size of the mollusk will determine the size of the pearl. Anything that is that inexpensive that is being called a cultured pearl would more than likely be freshwater. Freshwater pearls tend to be inexpensive, in part because one freshwater mollusk (a mussell) can yield up to 50 pearls. A freshwater pearl could never be 25 mm (or the inch you described). In fact, the only pearls that can get to be that size would be South Sea or Tahitian, like are the expensive ones that you are thinking about from Australia. With all this in mind, these particular pearls were "fake."<br><b>References : </b><br> "Cultured Pearl" simply means that it was grown in a mollusk on a pearl farm. There are many freshwater pearls on the market that are much less expensive than Akoya, or even South Sea pearls. These are all formed in different mollusk. The size of the mollusk will determine the size of the pearl. Anything that is that inexpensive that is being called a cultured pearl would more than likely be freshwater. Freshwater pearls tend to be inexpensive, in part because one freshwater mollusk (a mussell) can yield up to 50 pearls. A freshwater pearl could never be 25 mm (or the inch you described). In fact, the only pearls that can get to be that size would be South Sea or Tahitian, like are the expensive ones that you are thinking about from Australia. With all this in mind, these particular pearls were "fake."
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]]> http://www.thefoolsgold.net/necklaces/when-i-was-in-asia-i-saw-necklaces-advertised-as-cultured-pearl-necklaces-but-the-pearls-were-an-inch/comment-page-1#comment-7069 smashmouth Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:48:59 +0000 http://www.thefoolsgold.net/necklaces/when-i-was-in-asia-i-saw-necklaces-advertised-as-cultured-pearl-necklaces-but-the-pearls-were-an-inch#comment-7069 In you case, those pearls are fake. People need to earn a lotta money so they lie and all and tell you that their pearls are cultured even when they're not. I'm Asian and yes, I pretty much know about this kind of stuff.<br><b>References : </b><br> In you case, those pearls are fake. People need to earn a lotta money so they lie and all and tell you that their pearls are cultured even when they’re not. I’m Asian and yes, I pretty much know about this kind of stuff.
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]]> http://www.thefoolsgold.net/necklaces/when-i-was-in-asia-i-saw-necklaces-advertised-as-cultured-pearl-necklaces-but-the-pearls-were-an-inch/comment-page-1#comment-7068 Iknowthisone Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:00:59 +0000 http://www.thefoolsgold.net/necklaces/when-i-was-in-asia-i-saw-necklaces-advertised-as-cultured-pearl-necklaces-but-the-pearls-were-an-inch#comment-7068 The size you describe is when you know they're fake, oh and the $50 price tag would be another tip off I would think.<br><b>References : </b><br> The size you describe is when you know they’re fake, oh and the $50 price tag would be another tip off I would think.
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