What kind of pearl is this?

[robinmce]

Hi all
I was given these earrings by a rather expensive designer in a trade for artwork. She told me she looked for a while at Tuscon show to find the right type of pearls. But now I forget what she said. Any ideas. You can look deepinto them and they have a wonderful blue, pink, green glow that changes. Here are some pics.

[Casey.R]

What a cool design. I can see the colors in the pearls too. I guess they could be freshwater keishi pearls or maybe south sea keishi pearls? I'm sure someone here will have a better idea.

[Pearlgully]

I'm not an expert, but those pearls look like South Sea keshis to me. They are beautiful.


Gail

[pattye]

Hi Robinmce,

Those are lovely, bet they are sooooo pretty on too! I vote for SS keishi, am guessing they would be more likely to be sold not drilled, so they could then be half-drilled. I don't recall seeing fw keishi for sale that were undrilled, although that surely could happen.

Pattye
so many pearls, so little time

[Nerida]

Hi everyone,

I am feeling pretty chuffed right now, coz my guess was SS keishis before I scrolled on down through the responses, and if the lovely pattye thinks that's what they are then my knowledge must be improving (in no small way due to this forum!!).

I think those earrings are just gorgeous - the pearls are magnificent. I have some pretty fantastic FW keishis, but I'm betting on these being SS as the SS just look different - thicker, for a start, and with cleaner lines and surfaces (less crinkled??)

Good luck with them - they are beautiful! Thanks also for sharing the photos.

[Nerida]

Just had another look at your photos - beautiful photography, by the way! They are very expensively set - don't know if anyone would put freshies on such a lot of gold - it looks relatively high karat, as well, and the diamonds (?) are not exactly insignificant. They are stunning!