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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1431500, member: 5833"]The brown/grey ones appear to be <i>cerclé</i>, having those grooves/bands around them? I don't recall ever seeing that until I got into beading myself & was buying pearls to work with. They are genuinely pearls, cultured freshwater, but no memory of them in pearl necklaces of my youth, so, despite vintage looking clasp, think that strand is newer.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think you & your teeth are right about the white pearls being glass, although hard to explain why. Something about the lustre & the type of findings used. Also appear not to be knotted? Good pearls, unless they have suffered a mishap, are always knotted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1431500, member: 5833"]The brown/grey ones appear to be [I]cerclé[/I], having those grooves/bands around them? I don't recall ever seeing that until I got into beading myself & was buying pearls to work with. They are genuinely pearls, cultured freshwater, but no memory of them in pearl necklaces of my youth, so, despite vintage looking clasp, think that strand is newer. I think you & your teeth are right about the white pearls being glass, although hard to explain why. Something about the lustre & the type of findings used. Also appear not to be knotted? Good pearls, unless they have suffered a mishap, are always knotted.[/QUOTE]
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