LUCK_C9

LUCK_C9 and his shipper: "FROM: JINGFU ZHAO; 13 Building 302JIAOMEN BEILU, CHAOYAO, BEIJING, CHINA 100070; costing to ship Chinese 0.020 - eBay seller and scam artist and fraulent listing of items; ten times cost of 9 items for a shipping charge of 135 U$D for slow, cheapest Chinese shipping and lousy merchandise received by this pearl expert.
The 2 Rows 7-8 MM AKOYA SALTWATER PEARL NECKLACE (390310772591)
fraudulent listing for one item I paid for and received is above. 1.) the pearls are called "Akoya," meaning Japanese or Chinese ROUND cultured pearls. The pearls received are not round, nor Akoyo, the smallest pearl proucing mollusk capable of creating a maximum of 12mm pearls, but known for their round shape, not the egg shape of each pearl in each of the two strands I received. 2.) The listing claims these are "salt water," WRONG. These are fresh or briny river or swift stream into lake pearls, you can tell as they have ridges from the swift current of rivers or streams into briny lakes. Briny water is where fresh water meets salt water and the mixture is NEVER called "salt water." 3.) The listing claims these are 7 to 8mm. Akoya are round, there are less than ten 8mm pearls, but "egg or pellet." shaped, not round, most are 5mm wide by about 6-7.5mm which is not 7 to 8mm round at all. Their "orient," or overtone colour or luster is so poor, one can only call them far less than even commercial pearls, let alone gem quality or anywhere near that.