Recent content by CortezPearls

Wow! Love your descriptions @BWeaves Please keep them coming!

Got it! Just downloaded the file...I was traveling and with very baaaaad internet!

Beautiful pieces and beautiful pearl people!

Hence...the need to have a REPUTABLE pearl source.

Thank you Steve!

I agree! The styles are so different that they have to be used under different situations...

You are 100% precise. Those are "corn flake" dyed freshwater pearls. They can be used to create fun designs!

Glad you found it interesting!

Truly a great gift of knowledge! Thank you @Yens

The photo requires better resolution to have an idea of what truly is happening there...it could be "missing nacre", but the shape (almost a perfect rectangle) makes me wonder...

You can also watch this short video I made several years ago (yes, in Standard Definition....not HD) that helps you understand the "Water Test".

I am truly sorry to have missed the event :( I have had a bad run on my health...but I am sure to recover for 2026!

Same here!

Find this intriguing...do you have a Placuna shell with you? Would it be possible to use your UV lamp on it? If it does glow pink-red then this genus also has the same -or similar- porphyrins in its shell...if not: these pearls could belong to a Pteria species and not Placuna.

For Akoya pearls? I would only do Pearl Paradise in the United States. Amazing quality and affordable too!