[jshepherd]

Another fun strand. Any ideas? It is about 8-11mm... completely untreated, even a telltale bit of shell smell left...

[Valeria101]

Mexican, 'Cortez' pearls by any chance?

[jshepherd]

Originally Posted by Valeria101

Mexican, 'Cortez' pearls by any chance?

Not from Mexico...

Anyone else?

[Casey.R]

I have no idea but I'm in love with the color. They look almost blue.
I think Valeria might be right.

[Casey.R]

Oh. Well they look like light tahitians but that would be too obvious so I'm going to guess some sort of freshwaters even though I haven't seen them in that color before. What about baroque akoyas in a weird color?

Oh but they are too big to be akoyas. I give up.

[jshepherd]

Originally Posted by Casey.R

Oh but they are too big to be akoyas. I give up.

You would think...

They are natural color, baroque Akoya. They are from Xuwen Pearl Paradise, our farm in Xuwen. They have uber-thick nacre as you can tell (much thicker than anything coming out of Japan), and the color is completely natural. It is a little difficult to make out in the photo, but they have really intense orient as well.

This is just a "maybe" line. That is the entire concept of the farm - bringing back the true beauty of Akoya. I matched this strand last weekend just to see how it would turn out...

[Sueki]

Another "Wow !!"
Good Heavens, they are beautiful.

[Casey.R]

The only reason I thought maybe ayokas was because of the color. I've seen silvery blue before... Interesting in that size though.
I know as a consumer I'd be interested to see a line like that.
Beautiful!

[Raisondetre]

Man, they look almost like SSP if not for the thick nacre and color! Not fair, you get all the fun stuff.

[jshepherd]

They do indeed look a lot like South Sea. But they have the luster of Akoya...

[Valeria101]

Odd that the round white stuff would have 'evolved' out of these...

The pearls looked to plump for familiar akoya - not an easy guess.

[Raisondetre]

Originally Posted by jshepherd

They do indeed look a lot like South Sea. But they have the luster of Akoya...

Best of both worlds, then? Just amazing. Don't you sleep at all?

[jshepherd]

Originally Posted by Raisondetre

Don't you sleep at all?

Tuesdays and Sundays! I guess I am fortunate to be completely unaffected by jetlag.

[Raisondetre]

BTW, how thick is the nacre?

[Mandy]

Oh! I see rainbows in some of those pearls! They're gorgeous, Jeremy, and if this is only a "maybe" then I'd definitely would grab a strand if they become available. I bet it was fun putting it together

You're right about the nacre being thicker than the usual Akoya; they look so yummy!