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Meant to ask if anyone here has acquired Kasumi Keshi over the years that we could see? There were none on offer yesterday but Jeremy...

Those SOCs are intensely striking and the setting is appropriate. Eternal and Harmony will definitely be included among the final...

Viability is an abstract concept in the absence of a method and prototype. I've abandoned methods for lack of viability, but over time...

They do look great, and the presence of ripples, swirls and hammering obviously requires a minimum nacre thickness. Yesterday no one...

Steve: I doubt that most Chinese pearl farmers are letting their pearls grow for 4 years. However, the two necklaces that I bought...

Which is the correct spelling (Hernán Cortés), although SOC pearls would still be SOC pearls.

I suppose no one would propose that the quality is the same, albeit the difference would be largely "under the hood" with the four-year...

I had the pleasure of meeting Kiyoshi about a decade ago...and this man's Soul is as beautiful as the finest of his Gem-grade pearls...

Aragonite present would demand SEM/TEM analysis by a top shell microstructure authority. There would be no better choice than Professor...

Just imagine how a perfectly round, lustrous ammolite pearl might appear (akoya appendage suggested by AI). Talk about color...

Oh, thank you, pearlgirl12! I just love all the vintage pieces I have from Kojima/Pacific Pearls. You just never know what might surface...

The thought occurred that the discovery of a fossilized Ammonite pearl should be more anticipated than from a modern Nautilus shell, as...

Look forward to images! Definitely see the replication, as described by House, regularly-spaced blisters from the successive septal...

Reviewing our pearl acquisitions in advance of next month, I realized we still had an interesting loose pearl stash, including two 3.1...

But biology is the source of all earthly things beyond igneous rocks. P.S. Despite our deviations here, the thread title remains wholly...