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Check out the luster on this beauty! It's pretty round and does have quite a bit of mottling, but it's silvery and has just a gorgeous mirror-like luster. I don't know what I want to do with it yet. I may end up just keeping it as a specimen pearl. The freshwater button along with it also came...

So I have had a beautiful GSSP in my possession for a little while but didn't know what to do with it. I decided I wanted to try some beadwork and thought I would use it as the focal piece. It didn't turn out great, but better than I would have thought! Eventually I will probably undo it and use...

As promised, here is a shot of my tiny WSSP keshis that I bought. They're rather creamy, but have nice luster and shockingly few blemishes when I look at them with my loupe (although there are two outright duds that need to be culled). They're very small, about 1x2mm. I have 4 strands and have...

It seems to me that dyed chocolate tahitians and dyed black akoyas are more "acceptable" if you will than dyed freshwaters, mabes, etc. Is there a rhyme or reason to it? Especially as all akoyas and fw are treated to some degree? What is your personal opinion on dyed pearls? Would you wear them...

I may be an idiot, but with the new FWPs out there, I'm not really sure how to tell what is a genuine WSSP and a FWP imitation. Are there any tell-tale signs a consumer should look out for?

I found these guys at an auction preview today and I'm curious as to your opinions. They belonged to the wife of a man that pretty much built my hometown, and so they had money for quality, that's for sure. They're marked as Kasumi, and are from either a Dutch or Belgian jeweler (paperwork is in...

Let me start off by saying that although I have only just signed up today, I have been lurking in these forums for a while (and perusing other pearl-related websites!). I quit smoking a little bit ago (it will be two months on 10/5!) and I got accepted to the university I wanted and will be...