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OOOOO, nice!

The GIA prices for a single pearl are probaby by carat weight, because they only get natural pearls to evaluate, and naturals are done by carat weight, not mm size. I think GIA may never had a single cultured pearl sent to them.

That's what mabe' pearls look like. Mabe's are grown over a mold. After the pearl is harvested, the mold is removed from the nacre, and the nacre "cup" is filled with resin. Then a flat mother of pearl backing is applied.

Just home today, chilling with my ice cube necklaces earrings from Kojima. I used to think the earrings looked a bit like coral, but now I think they look like a jumping dolphin and a hammerhead shark.

First, thank you for the photo of Yuko wearing her 3 strand BBA choker with the obi ornament! I helped her pick out the pearls for that necklace on my Japan pearl trip, and it's wonderful to see the finished project. And yes, she is very stylish. 1. Do you own any Akoya pearls? Yes, lots...

Ombre' tin-cup of Kasumi pearl, freshwater pearls from China, South Sea pearls, and Tahitian pearls. Long tin-cup of Tahitian keshi and baroque pearls. From Kojima Pearl. Tahitian pearl earrings from Kamoka Pearl.

Pistachio Tahitian keshi tin-cup from Kojima. Mismatched baroque Tahitian earrings from Kamoka. Handwoven silk and wool blouse and shawl.

My copy is still in transit. It's supposed to arrive next Monday, grrrrr.

Wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing your trip with us. What's the weather like in November there?

Mary-Contrary, that's a really cute redo. It's cold today in Florida, 30F. Tomorrow it will be 80F again, but this morning COLD. Little h earrings and pendant from Hisano and PP. Souffle' pearls stuffed with reclaimed topaz and tiny seed pearls.

I was about to mention the Sango pearls. The red coral nucleus shows through the white pearl nacre and makes the pearls look pink. It's a bit of a different pink than the regular pinking process which is when white pearls are dyed a pale pink to be the desirable color that most people expect...

Yes, I love those multistrand necklaces with the briolettes, too. I regret not buying one during the PP Live event. They even had ones with diamonds, and I couldn't make my finger buy them at the time, and now I regret it. They were gorgeous.

Rainbow hued Kasumi pearl from Kojima. Wire wrapped necklace of intensely golden SS keshi and tourmalines from Hisano at PP. Boring little tourmaline earrings, barely worth mentioning.

JEG, thank you for sharing photos of their shop and designs. They're gorgeous. I bought one of their necklaces during a PP Live event, and the quality of the pearls and stringing is amazing. In hindsight, I wish I'd bought more. It's probably good I wasn't in their shop. I would have...

Oh JEG, great photos! So much fun. I'm having flashbacks, haha. I can tell by the pearls exactly whose booths you were in, and that gives me great joy.