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Here's my opinion. Someone please correct me if I have anything wrong: First, is the necklace Mikimoto or is it Sea Magic or Blue Lagoon by Mikimoto? If you're not sure, you can probably look around online and find out. If it's worth it to you... If it's just "Mikimoto," I'd try to get the two...

Thanks everyone!

Oops, just checked my Rio Grande invoice and I did buy split rings, 3.5mm, yellow gold. Thanks for the heads up, PD.

Here it is at the 17 inch length, then with the extender at 21 inch length. I wish I had a better camera.

Thank you, PD! Oh, I guess I did mean open jump rings. I thought a split ring was an open jump ring. :p

Back at last! Thanks, ladies. After consulting the wonderfully helpful comments above, I bought stuff and husband and I practiced wire-wrapping for four nights with the inexpensive stuff, as advised. Then husband made the necklace for me (with 14k wire) because he is better at it than I am...

Thanks, ladies. @PD- I'm going to wire wrap it, as soon as I figure out how.

Here's the new strand. I love it! It's lively and lustrous and looks so different in different light. I opened the box in the car and it looked like liquid gold. :)

More great suggestions. And I will take all of them! Thank you.

Thanks Pearl Dreams!

Inspired by Cathy Keshi and Jersey Pearl, I've decided to try to wire wrap some GSS baroque pearls myself. Hopefully they will look just fine on me because there will also be some yellow gold involved (which I already know I like the look of on my neck). Here they are in the vendor photo, below...

A dark golden strand has always been high on my wishlist (like probably everyone else in the world lol) so I think I'll keep trying for one that looks good on me, for now anyway. Thanks for your help. :)

@PD- I compared it to a couple of my other strands and it does seem less flexible. But it doesn't bother me to wear them (although I didn't have them on for very long). Also, they're newly strung so might stretch a bit, I don't know. Also yes, it could be that green overtones would look better...

Thanks for the thoughts so far. @PD, I do like the length and size but not sure what you mean by the drape. The pics were taken in natural daylight. It seems to me a nice strand but I'm not sure I like it with my skin tone.

And they're here. So, what do you think? I'm hoping y'all will help me evaluate them objectively as if you were considering buying them yourself because I don't have much to compare them to. The last two pics are with other pearls for reference. Also what would you consider them, on the...

There are a lot of shady or unknowledgeable sellers of pearls out there, so you are smart to ask around before buying rather than afterwards. I'm not sure what you mean by "handmade," but if you mean silversmithing as opposed to machine made components, that could be hard to find on a limited...

Thanks, ladies so far. They're stringing it for me on Stringth, which I think is like PowerPro, at my request. I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much before seeing it in person. Fingers crossed!

Welp, by the time I realized I really needed a GSS strand, the dark ovals were gone from last month's PP big golden sale. I ordered this one (Tahitian Pearls Biz) and am waiting for it to arrive. I don't know how the terms used there match up with the ones I'm used to on PP but I hope it's...

Thanks, Battah. I just found it under "rings" on the PP site. It's on sale, and there's also one where the setting is engraved. I am getting a Tahitian pearl. :)

I especially lurve your blue akoyas, BWeaves! I'm waiting for photos so I can pick out a colorful pearl (don't know what kind yet) for this setting from PP. :)