Recent content by tyren

Hee... It's kinda cool that a silly question like mine has sparked off a couple of scientific pursuits. I think I'll go and "fry" some cfwps in extra virgin olive oil as well. Depending on the results, we may have to lobby for a warning label to be put on olive oil bottles to the effect "do not...

I'm almost embarrased to ask cos this may be a completely dumb question, but can using olive oil on white pearls make them green? I read somewhere here that olive oil can be rubbed into pearls to keep them lustrous, but I've also read that olive oil contains a fair amount of chlorophyll. Given...

As an ordinary person on the street looking to buy a strand of pearls, I'm for DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE. I think there is room in this world for non-treated pearls, pre-treated pearls, post-treated pearls, well-treated pearls, badly-treated pearls etc., but the consumer should decide...

Thank you Jeremy - the information you provided was really helpful. Caitlin, the questions you raised reflect those I have as well, and i really appreciate your candour. The more I ponder over the questions, the more my head spins! Thank you again to all who replied, I learnt infinitely more...

Jeremy, thank you for drawing my attention to the important point that not all SSPs with sharp metallic lustre are Maeshori-treated. The photos drove home the point brilliantly. If such perfection exists in nature, then it should be celebrated and marveled at. But unfortunately the seemingly...

Thank you both for your helpful comments. I'm reading through some of the discussions on Maeshori treatment in this forum and I think it's all becoming clear to me now that the sharper metallic luster I've been seeing in a number of strands would have been the result of Maeshori treatment. In...

I've been looking to buy a strand of white SSP necklace and I always ask sellers if the colour or lustre of the pearls have been enhanced or treated in any way. I'm more than a bit perplexed by the answers I've been given and am hoping that the experts here would be able to help. A seller had...