Customer Reviews

Freshwater Cultured Pearl and Peridot Chip Earrings (9-10mm)

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1 star:		(4)

 

 

Amazon sent an ad for longer drop-earrings, which would have been too ostentatious for my neighbor's twelve-year-old daughter, so I looked around and found these in a more appropriate length.

I was a little disappointed when I began reading the reviews; some buyers were satisfied, some not. Since peridot is Amy's birthstone and the picture so appealing, I decided to take a chance.

When they arrived, there were some things I liked about them, some things not, but I'm still giving them to her because I figure she's young and they will serve adequately as "starter" earrings. Like most of us, she'll probably lose or break one before too long anyway. So what the heck! Meanwhile, she'll get some enjoyment from them.

The peridot chips are a nice size and, actually, quite lovely--a popular shade of green that's uniform throughout the stones--but the pearls leave much to be desired. As other reviewers noted, the pearls have flaws and are NOT round as the picture depicts. I think I "hit" and "missed" on this product because, though flawed, at least both pearls are flawed in the same way, giving them a uniform appearance.

If you're not seeking perfection in these earrings and consider them to be a "fresh and fun way to wear pearls," then I can recommend them. I would definitely not recommend them for a discerning woman, but for pre-teen or teen girls who are seeking their first adult jewelry, it's a good way to start.

I think Amy will see the beauty in the colors and style, thus delighting in this gift, so I'm not returning them. I'll know for sure in August when her birthday rolls around.

Reviewed by: Betty Dravis, 2008
author of: The Toonies Invade Silicon Valley

I purchased a pair of these earrings to be used as a stocking stuffer for my daughter on Xmas. I thought that they looked very beautiful in the stock picture and the positive feedback they had received from the first reviewer made me think that they would be just like the picture. I was wrong! The pearls I received on both earrings are NOT Round or Oval for that matter. Both pearls look like a two piece snowman. The pearls are eggplant shaped and have a crease/groove running around them about 2/5 the way down from the top of them. Look at my uploaded photos to see for yourself. I'm sending these back right away. Luckily they didn't cost much so I won't have to be out a lot of money while waiting for the refund credit!

I completely agree with the person who said the pearls are snowman-shaped and have a large ugly groove in them. And the grossly malformed pearl was attached to the peridot chips at a crooked angle, so they don't even hang right.

Ugly, ugly, ugly.

I purchased these for some bridesmaids to wear in my summer wedding. Good color & nice weight. Matched the "meadow" green dresses perfectly. Peridot is linked to "matrimonial happiness...."

I bought these for my sister for her birthday with the accompanying bracelet. Both are very nice looking pieces of costume type jewelry. Not lavish but cute. The earrings are not put together well. Within an hour of putting them on, she lost the pearl out of one earring. It just fell off. We found it eventually and put it back on but now she's too scared to wear them again.

These poor little earrings! A sprinkle of peridot chips atop what could have been a singularly lovely teardrop-shaped pearl - if it didn't have a groove that goes around it, smack dab in the middle! Did someone have to use forceps when they harvested these? It would cost more for me to send them back than to keep them - I wouldn't even give these away as a gift (not to someone I actually liked, at least).

If you're looking for perfection in these earrings, then these arent for you. From a distant, these looked good enough and satisfied me enough to keep; nice green color with pearls, can't really go wrong.

Unlike the picture where it shows SMOOTH oblong pearls, mine had lines horizontally around each pearl, so because the lines were on BOTH earrings, they were uniform in imperfection. Also, from a distant, it's not noticeable. The size is just right, not small that it goes unnoticed, but not big and gaudy either. Nice weight, won't weigh down your lobes.

However, I also purchased these in the amethyst, but the amethyst were terrible. The purple colored looked bleach in spots and the pearls on those were so bug-like and fake with terrible lines right down it, that it looked like plastic. I ended up returning those.

So I can definitely see that these can be a hit or miss.

I liked these though: affordable, nice color combination, nice size and unique.

If you don't expect round pearls and don't care that your pearls have these icky looking threads running around the middle of it, then these will do if you want pearl and peridot earrings. I like the color and really debated whether to return them or not because of the crappy pearl, but hey hopefully no one will be fascinated by the lovely color contrast and want to get a closer look. I'm never buying another pearl jewelry from Amazon because of these pearl earrings though.

I love these. One of the pearls was perfectly shaped but yes, the other one had a groove around the top edge as the other reviewers mentioned. The grooves on the ones that I received are not hugely noticeable though, so I kept them. I'm sure no one would notice if they were standing a normal distance away from you.

I would rate these as zero if it was possible. They don't even deserve 1 star. They look nothing like the great picture shown on Amazon. I didn't know pearls could be so misshapened and ugly.