Glossary/definitions

[knotty panda]

SSP = South Seas Pearls
PPB = Pearl Plated Beads
B&M = brick and mortar

Please contribute!

[nlerner]

CFWP = cultured fresh water pearls

[Caitlin]

IMO = In my opinion
IMHO = In my humble opinion
BTW = By the way.

Klonks = pearls large enough to make a "klonk" sound when bumping against each other. It used to be 12mm and over, by actual measure, which means by today's Chinese selling measure in CFWP, they are 13.8 mm and over.
Klanks = 7-11mm or so
klinks = 6mm and under



Crimping pliers = Special pliers to crimp crimp beads. They have two slots. The first crimps the crimp bead into a "C" shape. The second slot crimps the end of the c together to make an extremy tight crimp on the wire. An indispensible tool for beading with wire.

[nlerner]

NCN = nacre covered nutcase ( refering to us: the obssesive, fanatic, addicted and devoted pearl lovers ).

[knotty panda]

Findings = "a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes" Dictionary.com Findings are metal components. Examples of findings in jewelry are: pendant bails, jump rings, gimp aka bullion or french wire, earring posts, wires, and clutches.

[knotty panda]

Mantle = "Zoology. a single or paired outgrowth of the body wall that lines the inner surface of the valves of the shell in mollusks and brachiopods." Dictionary.com Caitlin: Care to put this in layman's terms for us, please? Thanks!

[Valeria101]

Mantle = ...

= flimsy shell liner (http://kentsimmons.uwinnipeg.ca/16cm05/1116/33-21-ClamAnatomy-L.jpg) between the hard shell wall and everything else.

When you see living bivalves on a rocky shore with a trimming of 'beard' fluttering in the tide, the 'beard' is the edge of the mantle...

LINK to a spectacular photo of a scallop's mantle (http://www.augsburg.edu/biology/photoofmonth/scallopeyes-wide-big.jpg)(visible edge) by Bill Capman (LINK to source (http://www.augsburg.edu/biology/photoofmonth/scallop-eyes.html)).

[Caitlin]

Wow that is some picture!

Knotty, have you ever eaten an oyster? Most of what you eat is the mantle.

[pattye]

Geez--I'm not sure I could even eat clam chowder anymore---:(

Pattye
so many pearls, so little time

[perlas]

Klonks = pearls large enough to make a "klonk" sound when bumping against each other. It used to be 12mm and over, by actual measure, which means by today's Chinese selling measure in CFWP, they are 13.8 mm and over.
Klanks = 7-10mm or so
klinks = 6mm and under


Thanks for the laugh, Caitlin!

If klonks are 12mm up and klanks are 10mm below, what do you call 11mms? Klonkettes? LOL (Laughing Out Loud).

[nlerner]

and more do the glossary:

R/SR = Round/Semi-round
SB = Semi-Baroque
CL= Circle

Those were added by Kevin from Pearls Of Joy in another thread.

[Slraep]

Z=shyster


(X)(X) or (#!#) or *@@* or >OFO< or )gg( = getting kicked in the e-pearls.


Slraep

[purepearls]

WSS= White South Seas
GSS= Golden South Seas
AKP= Akoya Pearls

Mother of Pearl = The inner layer of mollusk shell; often used for buttons, etc. Not to be confused with an actual pearl.


Cultured Pearls= "the raising of [mollusks], esp. with a view to their improvement" from dictionary.com; or to grow in a controlled environment.

[Ashley]

Z=shyster


(X)(X) or (#!#) or *@@* or >OFO< or )gg( = getting kicked in the e-pearls.


Slraep


LMAO- pardon me, but hahahaahahaha :eek:

[Ashley]

Okay okay here's some gem terms for the glossary

Cts. = Diamond or colored gemstone weight / CARATS
Em= Emerald
Dia = Obviously diamond
Sapp= Sapphires (yummy!!)

Tah: Tahitian pearls
BQ: Baroques

[knotty panda]

You say Keishi, I say Keshi ...

Pronunciation, please. Anyone? I looked, but the dictionary was of no help. Thanks!

[jshepherd]

Keshi (kay - she).

[knotty panda]

Ah! Neither were right! Nice to know! Thanks!

[GemGeek]

What a great thread. I remember being mystified the first time I saw PPBs. I had to ask because I hadn't come across the "official" glossary.

It's convenient to know that I'm a NCN!;)

[knotty panda]

GIMP: AKA French Wire, Bullion. This is the teeny tiny coil of wire which is placed on high-end strands, usually to protect silk from the abrasion of the jump ring which attaches the strand to the clasp. Many people use gimp with other stringing materials as well to give the piece a more finished look.