Something big for Tahitian pearl lovers

[jshepherd]

We were recently commissioned to do a large strand of Tahitian pearls BEFORE the holiday. That's not a lot of time to put something like a 15 mm strand together. It is becoming so difficult to get large, clean pearls in this size.

Anyway, since these are so rare to see these days ... photo below!

[pattye]

WOW! Some lucky woman will be dazzling at her Holiday parties and forever after! Congratulations, Jeremy!

[Marianne]

So beautiful!
Marianne

[GemGeek]

Yes! Beautiful and HUGE!

[Pearly Shell]

Ooh! So Beautiful!
Great job Jeremy!!

[Precious Pearl]

Gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing Jeremy!

[Silvia_Bonvini]

Amazing Jeremy! Gosh I want one...

[CLICLASP]

Beautiful.
What is the reason why for Tahiti pearls, the biggest are not so shiny than smaller ones( I mean most of the time)?

[GemGeek]

The smaller ones are always "first-growth", from the first implantation. When they are harvested, they are replaced with a bigger bead. The older the mollusk gets, the less lustrous the nacre tends to be. Those first little babies are like high-beam headlights!

[jshepherd]

The smaller ones are always "first-growth", from the first implantation. When they are harvested, they are replaced with a bigger bead. The older the mollusk gets, the less lustrous the nacre tends to be. Those first little babies are like high-beam headlights!

I couldn't have said it better myself, Blaire!

[GemGeek]

It makes me think of your "loot" pearls!

[jshepherd]

One last photo before the strand wings it way over the Atlantic to its new owner. This one is a true beauty - one of the largest Tahitian strands (at least of this grade) we've ever done.

[lisa c]

Those really are amazing, so round, and smooth. How long is it? 28 pearls plus hidden clasp? 29 pearls, a little over 17"?

[CLICLASP]

the variation in overtones is fantastic

[jshepherd]

We aren't putting a clasp on it. It is going to a wholesale customer. 29 pearls and it will string out at about 18 inches.