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ballu
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Joined: Jan 04, 2007
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Jan 04, 2007 - 11:26 AM |
 
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can anyone tell me from where to buy natural and original Pearls in Shanghai??? |
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abbieq
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Jan 04, 2007 - 12:10 PM |
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Go to Pearl Market in HongQiao, they have a big range of stuff, from cheap to high-end. |
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lucyna
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Jan 04, 2007 - 12:48 PM |
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How can you tell it's natural and original?  all the pearls are the same to me. |
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Angie
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Jan 04, 2007 - 02:43 PM |
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some of the pearls my mum bought in Europe were fake and the coating came off after a certain time.
Try to scratch the pearls, it should be a homogeneous material. There are seawater and freshwater pearls - the seawater pearls are more expensive; normally you would get freshwater pearls in Shanghai. If the pearls are homogeneous in texture/material - who cares if they are real or not? |
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ocho97
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Jan 04, 2007 - 05:30 PM |
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Scrape them against your teeth, that's what I've been told. If they're real, they have a grainy,sandy feel against your teeth but if they're plastic they'll be very smooth on the teeth. I don't know how to tell the difference between fresh and saltwater though. I hear there's a good pearl warehouse? out in Suzhou. |
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dlaw
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Joined: Aug 31, 2006
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Jan 04, 2007 - 05:54 PM |
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Er.. i hope the pearl i bought has not been scraped with somebody's teeth....
any other simpler and more hygiene method? |
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aidamnor
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Jan 04, 2007 - 07:06 PM |
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scrape it with a pen knife - it's really easy - genuine pearls , like chho97 said are grainy and sandy (minerally - for want of a better word) freshwater pearls tend to be flatter and less round and often slightly less costly than cultured ones - the cultured ones are more evenly shaped (rounder), more lustrous and tend to cost a wee bit more although there are freshwater ones whch are also somewhat costly. the less "inclusions", the more evenly-shaped the pearls, the more costly they tend to be. |
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abbieq
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Jan 04, 2007 - 07:16 PM |
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Sharon's Shop in Beijing HongQiao Pearl market is very famous among expats. Many famous people have visited her shop. Anyway, I believe she has one shop in Shanghai HongQiao Pearl market, too. The shop will issue you a certificate of each purchase with Pearl Grade and Producing Area on it. I have accompanied my CEO and his wife to Sharon's and they were very satisfied with the quanlity. I personally do not know anything about pearl but the CEO wife is an expert. |
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