anyone know anything about jewelry?

I want to get my wife a pearl necklace for Christmas...doesn't need to be super high-end, but I don't want crap either. What should I be looking for?

buy her Chinese River Pearls (very luxurious but not the most expensive there is)

I know everything you need to know about jewelry-

it's expensive!

Try this for some general information:

http://www.absolutepearls.co.uk/grading-pearl-quality.php

Buying pearls is as complicated as diamonds.

You can get good pearls for reasonable prices, but there's a lot of variables (as you can see from the information in the attached link).

I'm no expert, but hope this helps.