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It's very beautiful Sarah, and it's great to read how you claim it ! I like the soft colors very much ... would love to see them on a white background

Thank you all for your kind words ! My necklace came back last week, all cleaned and re-stringed on silk and I love it ! I've changed my mind that it was too small for me and my dear daughter will have to wait until her sixteen birthday to receive it (I have 10+ years to go hehehe :-). On its...

Adding to the thread with a candid shot of one of my good friend. He recently left the corporate world and now let the shirt collar open and sleeves up to reveal his everyday pearls... Tahitians only but it's a start :-) Now I need to convince my husband :-)

I'm really a beginner (only 1 year with pearl addiction), but I think I read somewhere on this forum that old pearls with large drill holes are a positive sign for naturals :-) in any case, just going through the box is a treat !!

Waow! I'd say some candling is in order !! Great day in perspective tomorrow ! Want to see more details of the ones with the large drill holes !!

Hi Dawn, Here is what I believe is a Mississipi river blister pearl with a pink color in case it helps for comparison.

Wicker, sending you ((((hugs)))) from the west coast. Would be happy to meet you in Bellevue / Seattle if you come to visit the pacific northwest. Toutes mes condoleances. Sophie

Will do ! You will laugh about my set up (blue Gap gift box, keychain led light and an old vodka tumbler to hold the light). The set up works fine, but it's taking photo "macro mode" in the dark and without flash that is challenging....

Ooops, that's when i realize that my english is still frenchenglish in grammar. Sorry about that, of course you would know ! FrenchPearl - youngspat ;-)

Hi Caitlin, Yes, you can do this with any pearl (cultured, fake) and it's actually quite interesting and helpful to see what a beaded pearl look like. I could not do any pictures (my set up is not as elaborate) but i've educated myself by playing with all my all my pearls. With akoyas, you can...

Hi Dawn, Congrats on the pictures ! the first one of the first ring in particular is beautiful ! I'm not expert, but I spent quite a few hours trying the candling. I failed to take any good picture as I don't have a microscope. Like you, I got stuck with interpreting what I was seeing.... One...

Thank you Dave, for the clarification. There is a beautiful paradox in this thread: On one hand, I'm relieved to know that those pearls are indeed natural (in part because they "present" so much like naturals :-) ; on the other hand, I'm excited about the possibility of "reasonably priced"...

It took me a while to realize that those pearls are actually cultured... (You are very much associated with natural in my mind). The metaphor of free range aquaculture is great.... Now i'm picturing a "U pick" sign just like in blueberries farms ;-) They are gorgeous pearls, and I'm very...

Wait wait.... How did you manage to harvest that many pearls in one expedition ? (I'm assuming a few days) I thought the incidence for pearl in oyster was 1 in 12000.... is it different for mussels ? Did you just open thousands of mussels and found the pearls ? The sheer quantity is amazing to me !

Bulgari is my absolute favorite jeweler. I love their design and also use of colored gems. Those earrings are breathtaking !! I knew that Bulgari was mixing and matching colors for gem earrings, but never thought they did it with pearl too... must be a custom piece ... Woaw ! incredible shape...

It's really pretty Helen ! do you think it's cultured ?(re: your comment on " has a cavity through this larger hole like you would get if the bead and nacre had separated")... if it was, the bead would still be inside wouldn't it ? Any chance it's an abalone pearl with really light color ...

Thanks Dave and Lisa ! I'll get going on the mosaic as soon as I have a couple hours. Just back from a long Thanksgiving week-end and need to catch work first :-( once, I'm done with this one, I'll do a test with my new pearl (see vintage abalone ? post) and compare it with one I bought from...

Back from thanksgiving holiday, and catching up on the forum ! thanks dmj and Helen for your answers ! I really think it's an abalone pearl, maybe a pearl than someone found and create this brooch as a keepsake, as the workmanship is really poor but the pearl is really nice. @Helen: I dipped...

Yesterday night, we had a wonderful pre thanksgiving dinner with delicious oysters.... but no pearl this time :D However, another oyster came by mail, and there was a nice surprise.... This vintage mother of pearl brooch is 5 cm; the pearl is 0.8X0.6; gritty. Color is varying with the light ...

Holding my breath here.....