Recent content by calexandre

Thank you all so much for your kind and welcoming comments! Great suggestion, too, to send the pearl earrings I love to PP for a match. That'll be much quicker than waiting around until I can get there in person at some point (although I still aspire to do that too one day). I tried to take...

I mostly lurk here, but looking at all the photos on this forum has really helped me out, so I thought I'd post my very small collection of pearl strands and earrings. From top to bottom: small drop-shaped color-shifting pearls from Pearl Paradise 7.5-8mm Freshadamas from Pearl Paradise with...

Thanks, Unusual Pearls! I am enjoying wearing them with the PP necklace. I feel lucky to have chanced on a good match for the Freshadamas-- I had thought I'd have to send them back to PP if I ever wanted to find matching earrings, so this was serendipitous!

Hi pattye, Thanks! That makes lots of sense-- they are definitely very round; even the Freshadamas, which look round alone, look slightly egg-shaped next to these pearls.

(One addendum: the backs that secure the earrings are marked 585 for 14k white gold, but of course the backs could have been switched at some point.)

Hi pearl experts, I am mostly a lurker who soaks in the terrific pearl info here, but I wanted to get your opinions on a pair of earrings I bought in an antique jewelry store in Europe. I'm fairly certain the pearls in them are real, but anything is possible, and I bought them knowing that! I...