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This is the best highjack -ever- for a thread ! This necklace is breath taking. I just can't believe the beauty (and quantity) of those pearls, enhanced by Hisano's beauty. This might be too personal, but my second thought was : "I hope Caitlin had a chance to see it ...." Anyway to tag this...

Hi Helen, I'm pretty sure you pendant is an otolith. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otolith From a rather large fish i'd say. http://www.flpublicarchaeology.org/blog/wcrc/2013/12/30/faunal-palooza-otoliths/ My dad was a spear fisher, and I used to collect them when I was a child. (Lots of...

Oh, i recall this view... " there is nothing sadder in life than being blind in Granada.’ Beautiful pearls too!

I'm so sorry for your mum lemanmls. I would be very mad too if I were to find out that a family heirloom was not what it was sold for. It must feel to her like a huge betrayal of her family. At least, she does not have to pay $2000 to find out the bad news that the necklace is not natural., but...

It's beautiful Andrea ! Are those the pipi pearls you drilled yourself ? I think I recall a thread where you discussed pearl drilling tools. This is going to be quite a necklace, and those pearls are not so petites !

The only thing I can think of : money laundering !

Hello Namiko, What I like most about pearls is actually the stories that go with them, real or imagined and in your case both the pearls and stories are fascinating ! And you are right to say that there are many plausible scenario / stories. So much fun to investigate and learn along the way...

I too am looking forward for macro photos (candling). Full disclosure, i saw nothing that indicated natural in the daylight pictures, and my thinking was along the line of an extremely nice akoya strand. The size info is helpful as I initially thought they were larger. It shows I still have a...

I love this picture Andrea ! This green shirt has quite THE badge on it. Very classy with the celebration earrings and the pipi necklace ! Love the smile ! Those wolves are going to be very impressed !

Thank you all for the compliments ! As Purranah said in another thread, there no such thing as too much pearls ! I was not going for a particular look / matching, I just went by the way they make me feel (the more pearls, the best I feel :cool:) Found the glamour shot Dave had send me. My set is...

Upload of a picture with my 2 strands, and new natural pearl earrings (my christmas to myself). I think the earrings are 4.5 mm. (They look bigger with the strands :)

Hello favi, Welcome from a fellow natural pearls lover! Here are a few more links for you to peruse: Enjoy ! For pipi pearls: croissy natural pearl on facebook (ask to be a friend if you can't see that post) https://www.facebook.com/perlesfines/posts/948286305248857 For natural california...

Yes, yes, yes. I got the hint ! Need to organize a photoshoot to give them justice. They are my everyday pearls, and saying that I'm delighted is an understatement. They simply give me joy. Here is an indoor, poor lighting photo in the meantime.

Pictures of a natural pearls "ruckus" are flashing in front of my eyes ! I will come and see your pearls Dave.

Oh Helen ! What a collection ! How marvellous that you managed to rescue those beauties ! Of course, they all "present" ;) as natural, and clearly you have both experience and an eye for pearls. It's too late for me tonight, but I really want to continue this conversation. My little strand...