[Bodecia]

Guess my brain got stuck on Naturals as it often does and I started wondering the percentages of naturals being round or just off round to baroques in the natural world of pearls prior to the cultured.

In FW naturals there seems to be, from antiquity to recently found, an abundance of baroques far more than rounds I presume. I am hoping Caitlin, who is our resident expert on Naturals, can jump in here and correct or advise as needed. I find the subject fasinating and liken it to being having "gold fever" but in this case acute "natural pearl fever" and the ever present "pearl fever".

I also presume that the percentages would be the same or similiar for Seawater and FW pearls i.e. rounds and close versus baroques to groteques (which by the way I love).

Also "think" that all those gorgeous pearls that Queen Elizabeth the 1st wore must have included a huge number of baroques and that also leads to were they FW or SW pearls what she wore. I think they must have for the most part at least been FW at least until her Privateers plundered the New World

Caitlin and others please do join in this as I for one and other must, and I am sure do, find it fasinating.

I realise the baroques I listed are not naturals of course - btw - please have a look and give me your honest opinions on them. I would love to know what others think of them. Unlike most of you I live out in the bush and just don't see or know of any other pearl lovers like us anywhere around. So I rely on the internet for all my pearl fixes, news, opinions, gossip and photos. Apart from going into town once a week for supplies I don't see a living soul or speak to them either for that matter.

Bodecia