A Tahitian drop

[jeanpn]

Hello,
This is my first post. I have been lurking here for about a year; and before I show you some pictures I’d like to thank all of you for so kindly sharing your knowledge. This is a lovely forum with lovely people. When the news is depressing, as it unfortunately so often is, I like to come here and look at pretty pictures and read the positive and kind posts.
Although I have always enjoyed shopping for jewelry, I’ve never before bought pearls. However, after my husband and I decided to plan a trip to French Polynesia I decided that I couldn’t go all the way there and not come back with pearls! So I began to educate myself by reading everything I could find, including the very interesting posts on this forum. In French Polynesia when we weren’t scuba diving, I was shopping for pearls. As a matter of fact I shopped for pearls until my husband’s eyes glazed over. Here are some pictures of my favorite one. It is a 9mm drop. (I did my best to do it justice, but I’ve been using a point-and-shoot that seems to have a sense of humor when it comes to focusing.) Now all I need is about 40 or 50 more just like it for a necklace.
Jean

[Nerida]

Stunning pearl - lovely purchase. Well done! I'm sure it is just the first of many....we're all totally addicted!

[pernula]

Welcome to the forum. Absolutely beautiful pearl! Love the colors and luster! Is that your camera in the reflection?

Cheers,
Pernula

[jeanpn]

Thank you! Yes, Pernula, that's my camera. I couldn't figure out how to get that black camera lens out of the reflection.
Jean

[Raisondetre]

Welcome, and kudos for finding a tahitian that you will cherish! I think you need one of the pro cameras with the telegraphic zoom thingie ... or whatever you call it. LOL Jeremy said something about it a very long time ago. But hey, you're getting the fish eye effect, which is good!

[GemGeek]

Welcome! Your pearl is faboo and so is the photography. I don't see how you could have done better on choosing or taking the pics. Enjoy it in good health.

Cheers,
Blaire

[Miriam Reed]

I love your pearl. It looks like green with peacock overtones. Jennifer has good ideas, doesn't she? The pendant that lets you show different sides of the pearl is a great idea when you have a pearl with that much difference in tone from one side to the other.

[Hanaleimom]

I have a Tahitian oval pearl similar to Jean's. Although mine does not exhibit as many colors as hers, I did not want to drill it either. Seeing how great hers looks on the Venus bale, I asked Jennifer to wrap mine also. I am very pleased. Here are my pictures.

[Hanaleimom]

One more... I just can't stop taking pictures.

[jshepherd]

It is definitely one of the nicest-color Tahitian pearls I have seen.

[Nerida]

Wow Cathy - gorgeous pearls, and now it's stunningly set.. did you buy the pearl in Hawaii?

[pattye]

What a fabulous solution, Cathy! Such a great pearl, and lovely to have undrilled. I love those little omega necklaces too! They make any pendant look really classy!

[Pearl Dreams]

Eye-popping colors on that pearl! Just gorgeous!

[Pearl Dreams]

I have a terrible question....I love the Venus setting but I wonder, how does one avoid scratching the pearl when removing it or changing its position in the setting?

[Hanaleimom]

Thank you, everyone, for the nice compliments. I don't think you rotate the pearl to change the position. I think you just wear the front or back side depending on your mood.

I got this pearl at Tahiti Pearl Market (TPM). I came in and asked for baroque or off-round pearl to match a pair of earrings I bought from Pearl Paradise. Every pearl they showed me I said no. This pearl was not on display, but the sales manager took it out from the back. Once I saw it, it smiled at me. I smiled right back and kept rolling the pearl back and forth to see the color changes. TPM kept asking me if I want to make a pendant or fully drill it and put it on cable necklace. But I immediately remembered Jean's post and pictures and knew that I would copy hers. I think the Venus bale is simple, classy. Jennifer found such a clever way to display pearl.

In the end, when I made the stopover at Pearl Paradise the next day, I found a pearl to make a pendant to match my earrings.