Pearls

Maybe this will help:

Cleaning and Caring for Pearls

Other links:

Advice from Good Housekeeping

And I saw this on a pearl forum:

Poster 1
My mom recently gave me her pearls and I am trying to find out more information about them. They have yellowed and someone stated that if I wear them they should change back to their original color? Is this true?

Any information, advice you could provide, would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!


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Poster 2
Dear Poster 1,

Unfortunately this is not the case. They may have yellowed because the nacre is dry and brittle, but more likely it is due to damage the pearls may have sustained over the years. Unfortunately with organic gems like pearls there is no turning back the hands of time.
What I may suggest is wiping the pearls down repeatedly with a damp cloth to try to moisten the nacre. The color, however, is unlikely to change.