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And a bunch of blister pearls from the Pintada mazatlanica, AKA madre perla, AKA Panama pearl oyster

Abalone blister pearls!

And the Spondylus - spiny oyster blister pearl

Enjoy a bit of natural blister pearl eye candy! These shells were with us for a few weeks and I decided to take some iPhone shots to post. Enjoy! Beginning with Pteria sterna - rainbow lip!

They are both baroque Chinese freshwater pearl strands. The first strand is a second-generation necklace. In other words, a pearl was harvested and the shell returned to the water to grow another pearl, which is gives it this unique shape. The second strand is baroque. The style of shape is...

You have an older strand of cultured akoya pearls. The nacre has sustained some aging and damage, and it does appear brittle. I'd recommend wiping it down every time it is worn and getting it restrung.

They are both akoya. The pearls in the bracelet are higher quality than the necklace. There is some nacre peeling, but it still appears to be thick.

If the nucleus is dark, it's been treated with radiation - not dyed. The cobalt radiation interacts with the manganese in the freshwater mussel shell bead, turning it dark. If the color of the pearl is natural, the bead will be white.

Welcome, Yes, these are blue akoya pearls. They don't appear to be naturally blue, however. The bead appears to be darkened in some of the close ups, which would indicate it's been treated with Cobalt-60, darkening the nucleus. to create the blue coloration. The damage you see is peeling...

The pearls are small, Chinese freshwater pearls. I don't recognize the mark on the clasp, but it's probably not relevant.

We have been getting so many requests from men recently we're now looking at putting together a line. I've been wearing a bracelet and strand for a couple of months now to test out different threads and clasps. I put a strand on our videographer as well. So far we've found that men need heftier...

We would really need photos with the macro setting on your camera. I can't make much out from these photos.

Looks great!!!

This is not a pearl. It's not legit. It's a piece of shell. Read this - https://www.pearl-guide.com/threads/psa-fake-giant-clam-pearls-tridacna-gigas.462343/

Sorry to hear about the COVID, CatMom :( and glad to hear you're on your way back! @jeg I love the way you paired all these together!

Good eye! I was wondering if anyone would notice! :) It is a double strand of natural conch pearls with diamond beads. The bottom two rows in this image.

I believe it is Indonesia.

Yeah, it didn't have much discernible flame. If it did, it would probably be an 8-figure pearl!

It appears to be a nice strand of Chinese freshwater pearls

The buyers are too afraid. So many have been locked up over the past couple of years. One was just arrested a couple of weeks ago. When they pay a 50%+ duty to import pearls into China, they are very used to carrying them over the border. Customs has been really cracking down in China. Here are...