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    Lustre and nacre thickness

    Hello humans! Just looking to see if I can get some insight into the correlation of nacre thickness and lustre quality in cultured pearls. Most of the online resources I've read that explain pearl quality and grading seem to assert that in cultured saltwater pearls, a thicker deposit of nacre...
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    My first Tahitian strand!

    After years of dreaming, I've finally got my hands on a whole strand of circled Tahitians, and I'm pretty much over the moon. My friends and family don't really freak out over pearls like I do, so I thought perhaps y'all would more fully share in my jubilation
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    My mother's ring- but what's the pearl?

    So my dear mother recently gave me a ring she's had since high school- she knows that I love pearls, and she hasn't worn the thing literally in decades. It's a little small on my man hands, so I tend to wear it as a midi ring, and of course I would love to hear some opinions about just what kind...
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    Wish me luck!

    A lady friend got a little too grabby with my jewels last night, and she went and broke my 100" freshwater rope! I'm well on my way to repairing the damage, and it's definitely a labor of love that needed to happen anyway, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little intimidated by the job 😅...
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    My first project- the "Sea Witch rope!"

    So, I've just finished up my very first stringing project, and I'm pleased as punch with the result! Being so very in love with my 100" freshwater rope, I thought I'd try my hand at pearl knotting and get myself another crazy long piece of jewelry into the bargain. It's neither the best work nor...
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    Are these dyed black akoya?

    Hello all, frequent lurker and first time poster here! I've read lots of threads in this part of the forum, and hopefully i'll be able to get the same kind of help I see y'all are able to provide others :) So, I bought this necklace about a year ago in an antique store, and I was given to...
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