[SpaceNeedle]

Hello experts out there,

Would you consider these pearls to have deep/strong peacock overtones? They are about 12mm in size.

Thanks...

[jshepherd]

The peacock looks good!

[SpaceNeedle]

Thank you Jeremy... I am now very happy with your approval of the color

[GemGeek]

You did a great job. It has to be stressful to make such expensive decisions. Once you make a great purchase, though, it's highly gratifying.

And now we know more about your vendor, too, so you helped the pearl community.

See? Pearl lust and altruism can coexist!

[SpaceNeedle]

Originally Posted by GemGeek

It has to be stressful to make such expensive decisions.

GemGeek - Thank you very much for your kind words. BTW, the price of the pair was much lower than I expected. So... I had some changes left saved for my next Tahitian piece like this one below. But it's going to be next year...

[GemGeek]

We have to pace ourselves!

[Josh]

Wow Sommai, those peacocks are fantastic. It looks like the one on the right has a subtle circling. Does it?

[SpaceNeedle]

Thank you Josh!!! I don't see any circling. The surface is very smooth and super super reflective

Jose from TahitianPearls.biz just tempted me with a photo of matching strand. All I can do this year is just looking at the photo

[Josh]

Wow, those are some colors. They almost look enhanced. I noticed that there are 38 pearls on that strand and was wondering out loud if everyone out there in pearl orbit has seen many strands without a central pearl? Is that common in the US? Thanks crew.

[GemGeek]

That's odd, or even?!! Maybe one fell off?

[SpaceNeedle]

This is new to me that strands usually have odd numbers of pearls. I'll let the owner of the strand worry about that. I heard the lucky owner wanted it to be made into a double-strand bracelet.

[GemGeek]

Originally Posted by SpaceNeedle

This is new to me that strands usually have odd numbers of pearls. I'll let the owner of the strand worry about that. I heard the lucky owner wanted it to be made into double-strand bracelets.

That's an excellent solution to the "even" pearl dilemma!

[Josh]

Hi Spaceneedle, It's just the usual way, not the only way. The idea being that there is A central pearl. It's kind of silly though as a rule when you consider that necklaces with little or no calibration in size also have an odd number.

[SpaceNeedle]

Another beautiful off-round multi-color strand that I have been dreaming about is from Elaine (ebwooten). IMHO, off-round pearls are more interesting than round. Baroque-shape pearls are just too wild for me... at least for now.

[jshepherd]

Tahitian strands will almost always have an odd number. The rule is not absolute, however, if the strand is a straight size; a 10-11 mm strand for example. South Sea strands are often 'even' if the strand is straight.