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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;evelyb30, post: 10275506, member: 36&quot;]Natural South Seas pearls in a matching or graduated strand can really rake in the dough, but it may take 20 years to assemble one strand.&nbsp; The only natural pearls I&#039;e ever owned, as opposed to cultured, are 70s and 80s &quot;rice pearls&quot;; they&#039;re Asian freshwater pearls that look like grains of rice. They don&#039;t or didn&#039;t have a following years ago, but look nice in multi-strand necklaces.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, as others said, precious metal clasps up the probability of real cultured pearls.&nbsp; Sterling clasps were used with faux pearls , so gold ones are better indicators.&nbsp; If you can&#039;t tooth-test, take a loupe to the bead holes. If they&#039;re painted, you&#039;ll see it or will with a little practice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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