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I bought a nice, round South Sea pearl from Jeremy (pearlparadise.com) and a couple of lovely, bumpy South Sea keishi pearls from Care Ehret (druzydesigns on eBay). Then a friend of mine who makes jewelry was able to pull it together with some of my findings and brown crystals to make this...

I was perusing on Kojima Pearl and saw this 16.9mm Tahitian. It's quite the specimen. I thought immediately of Sheri (La_Corsetiere) and her monster pearls. Large pearls like these are mind boggling - that's a big pearl considering the overall space...

I saw this article today, from National Geographic, on the rapid increase in the ocean water acidity. Things are worse than expected, but it is unclear to me what impact it has on oysters in salt water. They specifically mention a negative impact on mussels. What's bad for the mussels is bad for...

I saw this video today through that National Geographic site. It is not completely clear, but it seems they are using culturing techniques to produce pearls in the UAE. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080731-pearls-video-ap.html

I waited a long time to get these from Jeremy (thankfully Kirsten had these picked out for me three or so months ago and was very patient with me). I am really happy with them. The colors are stunning - would that my photography could capture it well. The first three are of the strand from...

I receive 20% discount coupon today for Ross Simmons and took a quick look at their pearls. I saw a necklace that really seems to be nucleated freshwater pearls (can that be at regular jewelry department store?). What do you think? Ross Simons John

I was reading my daily Wall Street Journal and saw an advertisement for an estate sale auction at Doyle New York (www.doyleny.com). There were some fun pearl entries in there that I thought you might like to see (and if you buy something, tell us about it!). I tried to hyperlink to each page in...

After pretty much exhausting the pearl-pendant choker for men, I was wondering what I could get next... Sarah at Kojima Pearls had a great idea. She made up this Tahitian keishi necklace that is just the right size for me. I'm really thrilled with it. I wish, though, that my photography could...

Speaking of obsession... I am always looking for new pearl candidates for a choker. I have bought several in the past year. The two news ones are very unusual FWPs from PP: A really splendid 14mm yellow drop and a comparably sized (horizontal) mauve barrel. Great fun, they are... The drop...

I had Kirsten help me at PearlParadise with making a bracelet I could wear. I wanted it to be on the rugged-side (as much as pearls can achieve that). She found some great baroque silver Tahitians and put this together for me. I'm very happy with it. The pearls a more metallic looking in person...

I thought you might like to see my purchases for Christmas gifts. I have three strands in the photo: 1) The top stand is Akoya baroque natural colored from Terry at TPO. I am really impressed with the nacre. It is a lovely, irridescent pale silvery blue. 2) The middle strand is south sea baroque...