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Message:: [QUOTE="Treasurefixation, post: 4610481, member: 78751"]Hi there, I am not a member of this forum, just a pearl lover, but thought I would throw in my two cents. I have a number of years of experience buying pearls, and I particularly look for natural pearls, and from my own experience I would say there's a good chance that they are in fact natural uncultured pearls. There's a LOT of confusion about pearls in particular. I hate to disagree with someone who posted but a strand of natural pearls of your size and quality would not cost the same as a car. OK maybe a really cheap car. But probably worth a couple thousand dollars if natural. The 18k gold clasp and the teeny tiny pearls at the back are all good signs of a natural strand, since they didn't waste the large pearls on the back of a necklace. Now it can be very difficult to tell the difference between early cultured pearls and natural, and you can only really be sure with an xray from a reputable laboratory, but I wouldn't be surprised to find out they are natural.[/QUOTE]