| Hi Knotty. Can you put up a picture? BTW Thanks for all the other pix you've been posting-- it is always fun to see them.
A macro closeup would really help.
I checked Strack and she didn't describe this pattern of coloring in her yellow dye section but it does sounds like dye doesn't it. How do you know it is not dyed?
I wonder if SS pearls can be 2 toned. I know the pinctada shells they grow in are gold around the outside and white in the center. Sometimes pearls have more than one color maybe due to where in the shell they grew?
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Caitlin  potamilus purpuratus American Pearl Mussel Where can I get a pearl from this mussel? |