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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 407075, member: 2844&quot;]They could be dyed, as Bronwen said, but they could also be from the black-lipped oyster:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]141835[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Which could mean Tahitian pearls, or South Sea pearls. </p><p>The shop name sounds Japanese. The style of the brooch looks 60s-70s, which means the pearls could be Australian. Australia was the main supplier of South Sea pearls to Japan at the time.</p><p>There are different classifications, the ones in the shell above are of better quality than yours.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Sorry, nothing definite, but pearl determination can be tricky.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is something on baroque pearls:</p><p><a href="https://www.pearlsonly.com/blog/what-are-baroque-pearls-and-how-valuable-are-they/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pearlsonly.com/blog/what-are-baroque-pearls-and-how-valuable-are-they/" rel="nofollow">https://www.pearlsonly.com/blog/what-are-baroque-pearls-and-how-valuable-are-they/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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