Recent content by nickie

Interestingly, today I walked into an unknown store selling cheap manmade as well as expensive pearls and asked the same question. They said that normal cultured pearls are usually OK to drill. This is varnish coating on imitation golden that is a problem for drilling, they said. So i...

Thank you all for your answers! The pearls are so pretty and the vendor was nice too...I would really feel bad if they were synthetic. I shall post photos and also take the rest to my jeweler and see what he says. (He has no problems drilling holes in golden pearls from other vendors). That the...

Recently on an Intergem show I bought several golden pearls from a vendor unknown to me. There was no opportunity to make holes during the show, but I had a holing machine at home and expected no problems, having successfully drilled pearls before. The pearls were unusually hard, regular 0.8...

Buying loose pearls (I am doing it) is NOT cost-effective. If you want to have a nice strand, buy a strand. If you want to have fun stringing (which turned into a funny hobby for me), buy loose ones and try to string. I even buy pre-drilled ones and use spacers in between. They still look...

Buying loose pearls (I am doing it) is NOT cost-effective. If you want to have a nice strand, buy a strand. If you want to have fun, buy loose ones and try to string. One thing about AAA pearls - when you are buying them, talk to the vendor and specify that they are AAA. Two last strands...

Gorgeous! Congratulation. My dream....

I would like to ask an additional question. Everyone sells "natural" Tahitians which now it seems come in all colors. What is the color of "natural" natural Tahitians? Can they be rainbow, pink, brown, or are these irradiated or colored pearls?

Congratulations! Looks amazing! I am shocked at the good quality of pearls you got from Etsy. Except from a Custom Jeweler (not even a pearl supplier), the pearls I bought on Etsy were not exceptionally lustrous. I wonder what was the grading of pearls you bought form The Pearl House?

It is an amazing color. These small pearls are so bright that I am seriously thinking to travel to the area (I heard it is not too touristy) and visit at the farms. Nr 2 on my list after Sea of Cortez farm.