2 STRAND NECKLACE AKOYA CULTURED TADPOLE PEARLS 23 & 24" PEARLS ARE FROM JAPAN

2 STRAND NECKLACE AKOYA CULTURED TADPOLE PEARLS 23 &amp; 24" PEARLS ARE FROM JAPAN<br><br>PEARLS: 111 PEARLS CREAM/WHITE CULTURED FROM 7.02 TO 8.03mm. STRUNG ON WHIT CORD HAND KNOTTED<br>CLASP: 3 STRAND STERLING SILVER GOLD PLATED SOME PLATING HAS WORN OFF<br>3 STRAND CLASP WAS USED DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE PEARLS&nbsp;<br><br>THE PEARLS WERE CULTURED IN JAPAN IN&nbsp;AKOYA SALTWATER OYSTERS<br>SAME TYPE OF OYSTER AS SERVED IN A FINE RESTAURANT&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br>UP TO THE EARLY 60's TADPOLE PERLS WERE DESTROYED AS<br>THEY WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE ONLY ROUND PEARLS<br><br>THEY FOUND PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN BAROQUE PEALS SO<br>NO LONGER DESTROYED<br>THIS SIZE OF THESE PEARLS THICK NACRE LUSTER MEANS THEY WERE IN THE WATER FROM 3 TO 4 YEARS<br>BEFORE HARVESTING THIS IS WHY THE LARGER SIZE PEARLS ARE MORE COSTLY<br>THEY CAN ONLY CULTURE 2 LARGE PEARLS IN AN AKOYA OYSTER AT ONE TIME<br>5 PEARLS IF THE PEARL SIZES ARE SMALL &amp; SHORTER TIME FOR GROWING<br><br>FROM THE ESTATE OF ANN # 39 KEPT IN A BOX WHEN NOT WORN. <br><br>WE PHOTO OUR OWN LISTINGS<br>SHIP USPS &amp; DOMESTIC ONLY