Thanks for the straight fw. 'keshi definition'! Have you seen the last AGTA PR bit about pearls? (not terribly new - Prism Newsletter, Spring 2006): the pearl article (start on page 14 or so) describes what appear to be significant difficulties separating between naturals, keshi and freshwater pearls. Perhaps this wasn't the intention of the article, but I found the technical confusion gratifying for an admirer of all-nacre pearls in the PPB world. Here's the thing:
LINK to 'Prism'.
... speaking of keshi... and EBay as it happens:
These guys sometimes have more convex ('nuggety' they say) saltwater keshi. Most are very baroque, but when the roundish ones came in, no one cares to price them differently. Perhaps I just don't know enough to figure out what's what in this case, but with most prices ending under $100, there isn't much at stake. Imperfections are interesting
