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Rene' Newman shows this clasp in her Pearl books. It's infinitely adjustable, because you can clasp it over any pearl in the necklace, or leave it hang like an end bead.

Pearlgully, those are stunning

WOWZA, JEG! I love the contrast of the small keshi with the big SS pearls. Today I'm wearing the pearls voted "Most likely to be worn with jeans and a T-shirt." Coral Atoll necklace and Bali earrings from Kamoka. Circled Tahitians with a big easy hook clasp. The shape of the earring hooks...

They look like inexpensive, Chinese freshwater pearls to me, too. The box may have been from 1962, but the pearls are decades newer.

Wilma Flintstones today. Giant 13.7 mm metallic freshwater pearls. Pendant drops on my mother's earrings are from Pearls of Joy. Necklace from Kojima.

I love everything!!!! Jeans and a ripped T-shirt today, worn with my 2019 All Josh Tahitian Harvest necklace from Kamoka. And I'm trying a new earring combo. The Queen freshwater pendant from Kojima on one earring, and a carved Tahitian pendant from Kamoka on the other earring. These...

JEG: What a lovely pin. Rubies and pearls, oh my! Coin pearl ring from Kojima Pearl. little h pendant and earrings from Pearl Paradise. (Horrible bathroom lighting. I forgot to take a photo using natural light earlier in the day.)

Yeah, that's not what I meant. The "only" wasn't meant to be in that sentence. My computer adds words to my sentences and I don't notice until later when I realize, "That's not what I typed." Damn you, autocorrect. My answer was to try to explain why I think GIA charges per carat weight and...

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.