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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;evelyb30, post: 198043, member: 36&quot;]Natural pearls are pearls untouched by human hands until harvested.&nbsp; They start as a grain of sand and the oyster puts gunk around it.&nbsp; The longer it stays in the oyster the bigger it gets.&nbsp; They come in all shapes and sizes and a fair number of colors.&nbsp; Cultured pearls start with a bead of some kind, the good ones are shell, that&#039;s introduced into the oyster.&nbsp; The pearl that grows starts with that shape.&nbsp; Chinese freshwaters are often lumpy and bumpy and have uneven nacre as often as not.&nbsp; They come dyed all sorts of colors that don&#039;t appear in nature.&nbsp; These days they also make fake pearls in the odd shapes, often called &quot;baroque&quot;, so it&#039;s hard to say what your coworker scored.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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