[CLICLASP]

Hello everybody
What do you think of these?

http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...5393&rd=1&rd=1

They claim to be Sea of Cortez, waht do you think ?
Thanks

[pattye]

Hi Cliclasp,

I vote for Osmena, have some, can't imagine even mabes in that size!!!!
Definitely osmena color, hey, I love them! Great pearly color, however donno about the price. My set is by Gunn Trigere, you can see them on her website, if you are interested. With apologizes that I still can't use my camera well enough to post photos here, but soon----

Pattye
so many pearls, so little time

[Valeria101]

Shape, color, size, texture say osmena... I would have had no doubt at all based on the pictures only. Besides, the rather rough work on the settings point in the same direction too.

On the other side, I am almost sorry these osmena things are not more ubiquitous: the objects themselves seem awfully nice. A tad large for cuff links though, don't you think?

[Slraep]

Hello ClICLASP,

There are many different kinds of osmena, but this pair look like the most common type.

Slraep

[pattye]

In reading about osmena, I found they are cut from nautilus shell, and when they are sold before being made into jewelry, they are graded. So there are very different qualities available.

Pattye
so many pearls, so little time

[Kevin Canning]

Absolutely osmena or "nautilus pearls" - they are pretty but not a true pearl.

What a shock that someone who puts up 3 pictures of their dogs in the auction would be unprofessional enough to not properly identify the product they are selling

[CortezPearls]

Fraud, fraud, fraud... more and more people are trying to cheat other people into buying their stuff by whatever means possible. As everyone else has identified the item, it is a Nautilus shell derivate known as Osmeña. These can be purchased locally (in Guaymas) with the street vendors for some $120 pesos or... $12 USD. So the price is just a little higher for Osmeña earrings.

If they were true Cortez Mabe Pearls they would not have that oval shape and the colors would appear everywhere...and a pair (earrings) of these pearls (set in 0.925 silver, the same design) sells for $130 USD at our Store...