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Originally Posted by Sheila I'm still trying to find out what I think of the Stachura strands. It's ugly and fascinating at the same time. |
You've nailed it! The one effect their listings had was to get me looking for the higher quality Akoya with some natural color on them. So far, tough luck aside the baroques from Pearl Paradise and some fantastically expensive, small Mikimoto strands (and even those in picture!). A round through antique web-shops only located the pin linked above.
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Originally Posted by Sheila I was just wondering about the overtones. In black freshwater pearls you can see a lot of different colors when looking at the collections of the Pearl Outlet, Pearl Paradise and PurePearls, but their black akoya's are all a dark blue.
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There was some discussion about the black freshwaters when some died 'Freshadama' came up around here. Then, the conclusion was that the overtones depend on the die, but also on the body color of the pearls. And that iridescence (orient) survives the dieing. Not my ideas - just a summary. You may find the threads in cause with a search for 'back Freshadama'.
Why died akoya don't have that... who knows...
Clearly, there wasn't much color on them to interfere with the die. But orient?
PS. Must add that the 'Frashadama' label does not allow color treatment at all. The name was just used as such in that unique context.