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    Conch Pearl advice appreciated!

    I'm back with a report from my gemologist. I thought I'd share!
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    Conch Pearl advice appreciated!

    I do have an Etsy store, I have a few things available but the vast majority of my work is done as repairs in a retail setting. www.laddworks.com for my portfolio, This is a link to my Etsy.
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    Conch Pearl advice appreciated!

    Thank you all for the compliments and advice. I am going to draw up a few more ideas before I decide on a design, I welcome any input on drafts I come up with. I rather like the designs Mikimoto has for their conch pearl necklaces, but his are all mounted by drilling, so I hope I can achieve a...
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    Conch Pearl advice appreciated!

    10.2mm long, 7.48 for its widest width dimension and 6.65 for its shallowest width dimension. It looks much like a jellybean and is very three dimensional.
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    Conch Pearl advice appreciated!

    I have two rudimentary drawings, I would like to put some more thought into this but these are my ideas so far.
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    Conch Pearl advice appreciated!

    I'd say it was "lent", more than "given". The kind gentleman I met has a friend who works at the conch farm on Providenciales, and he purchases these from him for a couple hundred dollars each. He had a small pile of them and sent me back with one, asking that I make a mount for it and hopefully...
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    Conch Pearl advice appreciated!

    Hello everyone, To start, I'm a goldsmith! I recently came back from a trip to North Caicos island in the Turks and Caicos island chain. I met a fellow who gave me a 4 ct pink conch pearl to make a mounting for, and I'm not sure where to start. Every bit of information I've managed to find on...
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