A PEARL, CONCH PEARL AND DIAMOND NECKLACE

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Conch Pearls Edwin Streeter, the well known gemmologist and prolific 19th century author of books on precious gems, commented, in his 1886 publication 'Pearl and Pearling life', on how popular and expensive conch pearls were in the 19th century. "It is a very rare circumstance to find a pearl which possesses all the requirements that constitute a perfect gem, and when such does happen, it proves an exceedingly valuable prize to its fortunate finder" He went on to say, "the conch abounds in the waters of the Bahamas, and thousands of them are annually obtained and destroyed for their shells, which form quite an article of commerce, but in not one conch in a thousand is a Pearl found." Today the majority of these attractive pearls come from the Caribbean and the South Pacific. This collection of conch pearls is particularly fine, given the combination of colour and shape, coupled with their impressive size and intense 'flame-like' sheen. E. Streeter, Pearls and Pearling life, George Bell & Sons, London, 1886, pp. 273-274

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A PEARL, CONCH PEARL AND DIAMOND NECKLACE
The collet-set diamond necklace with pearl spacers suspending a diamond line of similar design with central conch pearl and pearl drop, to the fine-link backchain, 38.6 cm. long, in green leather case
Accompanied by report No. 978255 dated 29 July 2005 from the Precious Stone Laboratory, London, stating the lower pearl weighing 34.45 grains is natural, and report No. 978585 dated 27 September 2005 stating that the upper pearl weighing 8.75 grains is natural

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