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If I remember correctly, it's 15mm for the large and 11 for the smaller. I was starting to scare myself when I started thinking that 11-12mm pearl is small, and 15-16mm is normal. Being at the festival, looking at numerous *large* SSPs really skewed my perception of size. I still have more...

A keshi strand I was in lust with.. The keshis at the back of the strand is about 9-10mm. So really the center piece is *large*.

Some booths sell loose pearls (left booth), whereas others have the pearls already set into jewelry (right booth). The crowd on the left booth are picking pearls from trays. All the booths provide drilling and stringing service. So you see people sitting around creating strands! A couple...

Pearl sorting tools... Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong but I simply am not familiar with the English terms for these items.. From the left: A sieve, a scale, pearl counter, and a thickness gauge.

Guess the pearl size on these 2 strands? :D

A teaser... tee hee... I have more to tell later...

Cathy - what lustrous pearls and very lovely findings! Wildonion - 6-7mm is the length of the keshi or the width? Love both of your new earrings! Wear them in good health..

This piece de resistance is better than the Fahrner items above and better than your Poe Pipi beauty? Oh boy...

Over in another thread I promised to post a picture of my meager collection of SSPs. I am really drawn to the range of colors available in SSP, subtle as they may be, and whenever possible, I try to purchase the more unusual colored pearls to expand my collection. So without further ado, here...

Steve, You're a man after my own heart. I was looking for such a paper myself. Here is a link to the paper.

Hi guys, Thought I'd share... In a few days the annual Indonesia Pearls Festival is going to commence. I'm excited about going... And let me see if I can take pics of the show to share with you guys.

Hi Kiwipaul, I will take a guess that the pearl is SSP since there were SSP cultivations even back then. Here's a brief history of SSP cultivation... The excerpt below is taken from the Fall 1999 issue of GIA's Gems and Gemology magazine page 77. This article is titled "Cultured SSP" written...

Wow!! Luscious luscious pearls... I am particular about the blue ones at the front row in your pic!

Or this Phoenix necklace? A sublime creation using baroque GSSP, fire opals and diamonds.

Oohhh.... *that* Mister Berg.. I remember somebody in the forum mentioning the name.. Tumutoa Berg - Welcome to the forum! Daniel - I'm curious to see more of these said beauties. Do you have close ups? I personally think it's a shame to have to lump all the pearls into a single category (i.e...

Is it this one? Click on the image or this link (Mikimoto's product page on this pendant) to see more..

If it is at all possible to take pictures, share with us! Have fun at the exhibition, guys!

Oh wow... what a great find! Congrats to your friend, too. Do post more of what you found.

Your wish is my command.. :D hahahaha.... I picked up a few SSPs during my travels. I specifically sought out these fancy colored ones, because I thought they'd be interesting additions to the book. I haven't been able to get good pictures of them, though. I noticed the nuanced overtone is...

Oh I forgot to add - the farmers told me that at the end of the day, nature dictates what color the pearl would have, though. One farmer said he always strives to get white SSPs, because the whites can fetch higher prices in the international market compared to the creams and yellows. However...