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Oh, Adeline, sigh... look at those lovelies. Who would care if those were treated?! So beautiful.

Pattye - the constant fiddling that you describe is exactly what I'm thinking of! I know I'm the type to constantly be playing with the necklace. (For that reason, akoyas are probably not a good match for me!)

I am officially in love with these designs. A question to the experts: Do you have any sense as to whether the pearls sliding on the chain could cause damage to the pearl? Is it likely that the chain would wear through the pearl eventually?

Adeline - ROFL! I'm the pragmatic one in the family and my husband is the romantic. I'm perfectly happy to shop off of wishlists while he prefers to believe in serendipity. Which means I occasionally get food processors for my birthday instead of pearls. After that birthday, I think I should get...

Hi Sven, Thanks so much for your response. That is great to know!

Adeline, good luck on this next stage of pearl learning! Please keep us posted as to your progress!

I have been admiring some of the pieces that the Etsy seller LusterWear has been posting. She seems to specialize in pearl jewelry (among other art). And while, ahem, I am not in the market for another pair of pearl earrings at the moment, I am quite taken with these freshwater pearl earrings...

Thanks, everyone. Adeline -- I don't collect many things, but within the narrow universe of things that I like, I do like to be comprehensive ;-) A complementary pair of studs for each of my suits, is the thinking. But I especially wanted to get the IRL pictures of the dyed freshwater pearls...

$2 for that incredible strand?! I will admit I swing between hot and cold on vintage shopping and ebay. I'll hit something fantastic and then will have a series of misses and disappointments or just end up spending way too much time pawing through way too many piles that smell "interesting". But...

My favorite everyday earrings are studs around 8.5 mm to 9.0 mm and I've started a bit of a collection of them. For the life of me, I do not know how Alex gets such vibrant colors or is able to capture the orient and colorplay on his pearls. They must just be much more colorful pearls than mine...

Adeline - it's a beautiful setting. Pity that the pearl is in such bad shape. I love your collection of pearl rings. I'd love to wear such beautiful ring-bling, but I'm afraid that I am far too rough on my hands to be able to get away with a gem as delicate as a pearl on it! I wonder if the...

Wow! This has been very educational to me! Thanks to all of you. I'm no longer going to pooh-pooh my mother's assertion that they're from the south sea. I'm also going to look into getting a clasp that is worthy of the dignity of these pearls. I always wondered about that clasp - not gold, not...

Pattye - totally hear you on the heartbreak of having the beads break! The good thing about making my own jewelry is that I can make *exactly* what I want. The bad thing about making my own jewelry is that it seems that I am never *done* Thank you all for the encouragement! :-)

Beautiful! I love the combination of chainmaille with pearls!

Gah. Project. Not progress... (the second time).

It's so exciting to see your progress on this fantastic progress! And I love that you have a feline assistant, too! I have two who keep tabs on things like strings and strands of pearls. They are actually very helpful for finding dropped beads -- just follow the cat! I used to have a cat who...

Thanks to everyone for your comments! Bacca - I don't see the extra deposit of nacre near the drill hole that yours show. A few of the drill holes are pretty worn, but none show that extra little bit of soft-serve. These unfortunately languished in my grandmother's jewelry box for a few...

Thanks, everyone! Over the years, I've accumulated a few strands of colored gemstones but had gotten tired of previous designs and I'm really enjoying incorporating pearls in them now. Adeline, I'm with you on the "not-too-dainty". I'm planning on layering the watermelon tourmaline with strands...

Wendy - Yes, they pass the tooth test. I've also re-strung them myself and there is no peeling around the drill hole that makes me think that they're shell pearls. They also don't otherwise look like imitation pearls to me (irregular shapes, patches of lustre, etc.) Is there some characteristic...

My turn to ask: what are these?! These come down to me from my great grandmother and my mom had told me they were South Sea pearls (from nanyang). But now that I've seen some SSP in person, these look nothing like those. I'm guessing that these are from the 1930's or before. I do not know if...