Recent content by CortezPearls

Exactly. They just DIE. You see, there are many things caused by high temperatures: 1. Increased thermal stress. Which makes the oysters use energy to just survive. 2. Less algae found when temperatures are warm, thus there is less food and oysters starve. 3. Warmer water cannot have as much...

GORGEOUS!

Nice pendant!

So, look a this image...this is the Gulf of California in Mexico. Months of April to July of 2022 and 2023... The red color means temps of at least 32 Celsius. Used AI to get 2025 and 2026's temperatures according to NOAA's data. This year the surface temperature scaled up a notch to 33.5 C in...

GORGEOUS!

Well...I haven´t seen any news about this "Super Niño" in regard to pearl farming, but I've seen the surface water temperatures in the Gulf of California, and they are "to die for"...meaning: LETHAL for Rainbow Lips! Then, there is also the matter of hurricanes/typhoons...we haven't seen any...

Hi there! It is a bad photo for us to work with...I enlarged it to see a bit better, but some of the pearls gave me "imitation pearl vibes" due to their large drill holes, but some of the very pronounced surface defects screamed low-quality Akoya...so, I don't know if you would be able to send a...

That is a GREAT observation there @pattye !

Yes, bad dye job!

They are not very pretty...I can imagine they are also small? Culturing technique must be improved to make them look much better!

Please remember that the ultimate goal of cultured pearl production is to produce more nucleated pearls...technicians are trained for this. If you have less beads inside your oysters then you might even suffer economically (payment based upon retention), so the goal of the technician is: more...

I agree 100% with @BWeaves @Pella @jshepherd and @Pearl Dreams Those are freshwater pearls. Period.

I agree: not Tahitians at all!

What an amazing trip Bweaves! The pearl displays are amazing...great to see such playful use of pearls and shells! And what a heartfelt visit to the memorial marker...I need to visit Poland for a similar reason, but unfortunately my mother passed away last year and will not be coming with me...

Yes, but whenever possible always try to shoot photos using a more "neutral" colored background and some close-ups! But yes! Chines freshwater pearls, non-beaded.