| Yes, the translucency of the nacre. I have seen this in a few strands, but these are so hard to get a hold of. I am actually made a double strand of 9.5mm white Akoya that had the 'Shikaken' rating from the Japanese 'Hanadama' system. The nacre depth was nearly 2.0 throughout the strand.
That strand had an incredible translucency. It was the effect created by looking through so many dense layers of nacre. It was as though there was a mirror withing the pearls shining out. Beautiful piece!
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