Antique Certified Natural Saltwater Pearl Necklace with A Turquoise and DIamond Clasp

Beautiful delicate natural seed saltwater pearl necklace 16.5inches long. With a turquoise and diamond Edwardian clasp, the necklace has been restrung and the image on the certificate shows the old clasp, but it now has a natural turquoise and rose cut Edwardian clasp gold clasp which is of a similar era to the lovely natural pearls. Wild or natural, non cultured pearls, have had no human intervention in their creation, with cultured pearls a mother of pearl bead has been inserted into an oyster, with natural pearls such as these they have grown inside an oyster layer by layer on their own, there has been no bead inserted inside. Each layer is a layer of nacre, and this goes throughout the pearls structure. Cultured pearls can loose their luster due to the fact the thin nacre layers have worn off and therefore a natural pearl necklace which has been looked after can retain its beauty for hundreds of years as all the layers continue throughout the entire pearl, they are an investment, they also have a richer luster. Prices of pearls are based on several quality factors. Baroque pearls are about 25-35% the cost of round pearls. Natural pearls are extremely rare, and largely limited to auction and collector’s markets. These can be worth 10 to 20 times an equivalent Akoya cultured pearl.