It depends on the children! Seriously, though - stunning pearls. For many of us, we can't imagine parting with such lovely pearls but it is, after all, your livelihood! Congratulations, Josh, on a lovely harvest. The colors are simply spectacular.
Silver or lavender, for me the pearls speak a bit about history. It seems an honor to have the opportunity to get them. They look lovely and thanks for sharing the pictures!
John
Very cool - that would answer a lot of questions that show up here. It would also be a much more simple (compared to X-rays).
It's real cheap technology too (assuming this is what you mean):
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.91...
I saw this video today through that National Geographic site. It is not completely clear, but it seems they are using culturing techniques to produce pearls in the UAE.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080731-pearls-video-ap.html