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Thank you! I'll need to redo the turquoise necklace. Use solid 14k rose gold chain instead the plated and make a headpin from a thicker wire.

uum, see, pearl and gemstones. Can you tell I just love crescents? Oh, and saltwater keshis and coral and diamond beads and Oregon sunstones and the sleeping beauty of turquoise ...

Back to one of my favorite threads: Family pictures. I finally got another Fijian keshi to complete the set, wonderfully warm metallic at one tip, then diving from earthy golds into olive, aubergine and ending in an emerald peacock at the other. It went into the suspense between 14k rose gold...

whoa indeed. I just discovered this thread and my eyes are overflowing - so much viewing pleasure! Thank you for sharing!

My experiences with buying from Cees were always amazing and I'd certainly trust him on this. The strand looks fantastic!

My freshest catch! Will be a pendant one day I hope...

Right, that's easy! I'm all about lustre and metallicity! Plus thick nacre, so tops Akoya for me.

In my case I used the freeware program Blender to model the design from scratch, then sent the final file to a company who does the wax 3D printing and casting in silver. It was about $25 for the pair in sterling silver in this case.

Thanks everyone!

Thank you Eric! The back is quite curved, looks like a separate, glued piece. They are not quite as round I think as the 3/4 mabe shown here: http://www.malukupearl.com/contents/en-us/d3.html ... but definitely quite roundish.

Thank you so much for this link, GemGeek! I was wondering about the Pteria Penguin option too, but I didn't know that they'd fluoresce as well. I would love to get more opinions vs. freshwater or saltwater here. When I asked Kojima's Sarah she doubted that they were Japanese but considered an...

UV fluorescence is so much fun!

Dear Pearl people, I recently bought a pair of inexpensive so-called "Japanese freshwater mabe" off Etsy...

Okay, I'll go again: I finally got around taking pictures of my dear blue-ish Sea of Cortez pearl earrings. I had my goldsmith add a tiny clasp to the herradura findings I got from the farm. I love how the overall look is still delicate but I can exchange my pearls with whatever looped treasure...

Thanks everyone! I cannot wait to get more info about SoC nacre thickness via the ruckus ... and ALL the pictures of the erotochromic stuff!

Hogging away on this thread.... sorry, not sorry. :) Here are the seafoam Tahitian spike earrings I made. I’m very much at the beginning of all of this, so I 3D modelled my design in the computer and had it cast/3D printed in silver (because I love hinged jewellery and my metal...

Thanks! There's a pic upthread, page 4.

So, I couldn't resist seeing these "natural colour Japanese freshwater mabe" in person. Whatever they are, they are pretty. I just wish I got three to cut one up and see the interior, I'd be so curious about the colour and materials of the nucleus and the nacre thickness. Maybe I need to...

I'm curious as well. What would your do with 1.5 Akoyas. Do they come drilled?

Very interesting hypotheses. I'll try to find out more. I wonder how thin the nacre would have to be to let a colour shine through?