Good Afternoon All and Hope All Is Well. Are These Keshi Pearls? Thank you

Good Afternoon Everyone! I hope you and your families are still well and safe. I purchased this necklace early last year from Global Gemology and Appraisals and they said these are genuine Akoya pearls, but my question is, are these keshi pearls. They are 6mm long and more lustier looking than in the pictures. Also if possible do you recognize the YYY marking. As always, thank you so much in advance for your responses and have a great afternoon.

 

That’s very pretty!
Glad you posted this as although I’ve just about mastered what is Pearl and what is faux, I struggle to know how to work out where they come from.

 

Thank you KSW

 

Neither akoya nor keshi!!
Your necklace is made of freshwater rice pearls grown in mollusks. See photo below.


Akoya pearls are from saltwater oysters and are bead nucleated. They are very round or sometimes baroque.


Keshi pearls are freshwater pearls grown in mollusks that live in lakes and rivers. They are lumpy and flattened.

 

Thank you for your reply, but I am a bit confused because of the links below including Wikipedia in regards to the keshi pearls.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keshi...rls are small non,a bead nucleus was rejected.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/758308...wfv2XA35lXpj-FMz5D_IQ6HQKJNk0UwxoCAz0QAvD_BwE

 

https://assael.com/blog/keshi-couture-3-reasons-why-keshi-pearls-are-pure-luxury/

 

Ok, maybe I wasn't clear. Keshi is a blanket term for free form non-nucleated pearls.
Since your pearls are non-nucleated (no bead has been used to create a round pearl) the vendor is calling them 'keshi'.
As for them being a by-product from akoya pearl farming, I can't say. Pearl naming practices can be very deceiving and confusing.
They really do look like rice pearls, though.

 

I'm hungry. could we agree on Cashew Pearls ?

 

"Gesundheit"..........

 

"Mahlzeit"

 

Thank you! enjoy your day