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No worries, can't wait to see, it sounds very intricate. Thank you! I've made a necklace with the largest pearl, it's more of a champagne colour and I've paired it with a smaller pair of similar looking darker golden pearls on brown cotton, I made the clasp with a pewter anchor. That leaves...

I got my new pearls today! The GSS bracelet looks to feminine on me I think, I'll have to think of something else I can do with it. I asked Jeremy to drill the pearls with a larger hole for me so I've got a few options. Any ideas? The tahitian is huge! And the colours are beautiful, Jeremy has...

I believe you're right about the younger T. gigas being eaten. T. maxima and T. squamosa are also eaten as well. They actually do grow fairly quickly when they're smaller. CITES only really comes into play when you're trying to move protected animals across borders. If there are no other locks...

It isn't like that in all parts of the Tridacna species range. They're abundant in some areas and used as food. They're also cultured for food and the aquarium trade.

Thanks guys, I think I got it for a fairly good price as well. I might try auctions more often. I'd prefer silver as gold would cost a lot more. If possible I'd prefer argentium silver over stirling though.

I've just won this what do you guys think of it? I want to set it in a stick pin, so I could use some help locating a finding. Would any of you guys know where I could find something like this? I've not been able to find anything so far.

I've got my eye on a few pieces of his now. I've just got to figure out which one now. Do you have a photo of the ivory? There's a local seller of carved mammoth ivory in Australia and they've got some absolutely beautiful pieces. Haha same here! I was outside and I snapped a new photo of my...

I think I may purchase one from him then soon, he has 20% off on a lot of stuff. What do you guys think of this one? http://www.ebay.com/itm/191232333368

Thanks guys, I really can't wait to get it either. I am most definitely addicted. I've found Augustus Collection and they seem to have a fair few good looking round GSS at a lower price point than a lot of other vendors, is there a reason for that? They seem very reputable from searching them...

He picked well didn't he? There's one blemish on the back of the pearl but that won't really get seen. I'm very excited to get my hands on it.

Thanks very much for the advice, I've been looking at trying waxed cotton. I've had trouble getting the leather knits to stay tight however after swapping the band to waxed cotton I've not had that problem. This is the pearl Jeremy picked out for me in Hong Kong, it's a bit over 15mm by...

I just saw this ad on my Facebook, looks like a tahitian pearl to me.

Jeremy mentioned he found a pearl that he thought I would like at the show, haven't heard anything else but I'm waiting patiently :) Thanks very much :) the tahitian pearl actually has a couple of little sliding knots to keep it together and I have another bracelet that I've done with sliding...

If the size will be a problem I might just get a tie pin then, I wouldn't think that woukd need to be too large would it?

Thanks very much guys, I really am thrilled with them. And I am already planning my next purchases. I want a big tahitian circled pearl and I am thinking a tie pin with a freshadama and matching cufflinks if that's possible to be made up. I might ask Jeremy when he's back from Hong Kong. What...

It's a carpet anemone, I was trying to get the shrimp that lives in it in focus though. Here's an old video of it with some clownfish if you're interested http://youtu.be/rwxYohtBYss

Thanks very much :) and that would be very cool :) I took some more photos just now, they're so beautiful. Sorry about the overload of photos I took a photo of this little guy while I was at it as well.

That's very disappointing to hear, I really would have thought it would be cheaper to use aqua cultured or maricultured she'll since they are cultured in large amounts for food already, It wouldn't be placing pressure on wild populations. Is it only T. gigas that is used or are some of the other...

In my research I have seen a lot of people's talking about Tridacna sp. being used as nuclei, particularly in China. I've also read that using them as nuclei is endangering giant clam populations. I know that Trodacna species are aquacultured in large amounts to be used as food and also to a...

Thanks very much again guys. I wore it to a housewarming last night and got lots of compliments and people asking what it was. There was actually another guy there with a bracelet of dyed flat keshi pearls. He called them "she'll rocks" though and said they weren't pearls. I definitely want a...