{"id":1070,"date":"2016-04-13T16:26:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T16:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2016-04-13T16:26:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T16:26:08","slug":"natural-white-freshwater-pearls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/pearlescence\/natural-white-freshwater-pearls\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural white freshwater pearls are here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here they are, the natural white freshwater pearls which I found last month in Hong Kong.\u00a0 Shown to me almost as an aside &#8216;we have these natural colour white and grey pearls just arrived&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Wow&#8230;really? Natural greys and whites? Show me. There was a bag with about 50 strands, ranging from white to delicate lilac or pale grey. Off round and with good to metallic lustre I picked out the 12 best and here they are<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1072\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/nat-col-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1072\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1072\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1072\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/nat-col-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Natural colours white, lilac and grey rounds\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/nat-col-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/nat-col-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/nat-col-2-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/nat-col-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natural colours white, lilac and grey rounds<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The colours are incredibly subtle and delicate but the lilac especially is so pretty.<\/p>\n<p>It was only when I got back here and unpacked that I realised that I had picked out about five pairs of half drilled buttons for earrings as well &#8211; from the ordinary big lot of natural colour pearls.<\/p>\n<p>Now these have not been to a lab for confirmation but I have no reason to doubt that they are indeed natural colour pearls.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve made up the pick of the strands into two necklaces &#8211;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1074\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/n-natural-lilac-round-white-gold-clasp-4557.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1074\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1074\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1074\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/n-natural-lilac-round-white-gold-clasp-4557-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"Natural pale pale lilac round pearl\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/n-natural-lilac-round-white-gold-clasp-4557-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/n-natural-lilac-round-white-gold-clasp-4557-624x631.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/n-natural-lilac-round-white-gold-clasp-4557.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natural pale pale lilac round pearls, such a delicate colour<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1075\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/n-white-natural-round-white-gold-ball-4556.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1075\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1075\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1075\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/n-white-natural-round-white-gold-ball-4556-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"Natural white pearls\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/n-white-natural-round-white-gold-ball-4556-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/n-white-natural-round-white-gold-ball-4556-624x550.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/n-white-natural-round-white-gold-ball-4556.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natural white pearls, no bleaching. The white is to the grey end of the spectrum as against the usual creamy white of bleached pearls<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here they are, the natural white freshwater pearls which I found last month in Hong Kong.\u00a0 Shown to me almost as an aside &#8216;we have these natural colour white and grey pearls just arrived&#8217; Wow&#8230;really? Natural greys and whites? Show me. 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