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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ce BCA, post: 4415219, member: 18716&quot;]It is very hard to tell, if there is no info you can glean from any findings or specific design traits it can be near impossible to if they are Japanese, Chinese or Tahitian.&nbsp; For round pearls then you can check the obvious, the rounder, more even surfaced, matched colour (and for coloured pearls depth of colour) will be better.&nbsp; As you noted gold findings is a good sign, even better if they are set with diamonds for example.</p><p><br /></p><p>Baroque pearls, well... colour and how they look compared to others I guess.&nbsp; I have a set of pearls that are supposed to be South Sea which had a 5 figure receipt.&nbsp; They have the makers mark on the findings, otherwise there would be no way to tell without a lab check.&nbsp; Lab pearl origin checks also generally cost far more than the item would be worth unless they do turn out to be the best type, so it&#039;s not viable to test most pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a link to pearl grading for round cultured:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.purepearls.com/pages/south-sea-pearls-grading" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.purepearls.com/pages/south-sea-pearls-grading" rel="nofollow">https://www.purepearls.com/pages/south-sea-pearls-grading</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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