Thanks, Zeide. I will call jeweler this morning and tell her. It bugs me how they said that they were making me the setting for free, and then yesterday she said that it would be $300 extra for the 4 diamonds that were part of the setting in the first place. Oh well, once again, live and learn. But yes, they are the "color of money"!
I think that they just price the pearls according to type and size, so I hope that I got a good deal.
I am rapidly getting to know more about pearls than these jewelers, thanks to this forum!