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Hi everyone! How are you all doing? I've been doing pretty well (no broken bones for a while at least, lol. Knock on wood). Well, I'm here because I'm looking for an expert to string my strand of teensy tiny natural Pteria sternas for me. I tried and failed. Broke one or two. They are just...

I have been bad again....... couldn't resist though (the price was crazy cheap -$120). ....... the seller thinks these are Georgian (I'm assuming from the clasp). They are just over 13" in length (gosh women were so tiny back then! Maybe was for a young bride?). The clasp is paste "stones" in...

I want to string my tiny Cortez pearls - plan to do them as a seed pearl necklace with knots only between the last 6 or 4 pearls. Not sure how to proceed? Obviously I won't need five lengths of thread. Maybe two? I don't have gymp either for my clasp (soldered gold jump rings). Do I need to...

Has anyone seen the TLC show "Secret Princes"? Yes, I watch it. Just wondered about the JAW DROPPING pearl necklace that Prince Lorenzo ("Dino") gave to his girlfriend that came down through his family. They showed it on a Princess in a painting from the Renaissance. The pearls must be 12 or...

Just trying to see beyond shape in my pearl education...... The lustre and surface on these just doesn't seem up to snuff to me..... am I wrong? Also, $700 would be awfully cheap if these were genuine, no? Opinions...

This may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I personally just love huge statement pieces, and brutalist/modern at that. This is just FAB! The pearls mix surprisingly well with this style I think..... by Israeli artist Rachel Gera in the early 1970's. It says the pearls are around 9.5mm. Would...

What is everyone's best guess on these? They are 1-4mm, only about 10 inches in length (being sold as a broken necklace for repair). I'm guessing keishi Akoyas but they are graduated, which is throwing me off a bit...... - Jodie -

Has anyone on here worked with any of these coated polymer clay mood beads? I just discovered them (I'm so out of it I have NO idea how long they've been around). They are quite pretty I think, and the designs lend themselves perfectly to pearl work (mermaids, turtles, sea urchins). Thoughts...

Stumbled across this website. Some interesting information on natural pearls (especially famous pieces). The forum seems a bit odd (some of the questions seem to be "fake": asked by the author) but the knowledge base seems pretty extensive. Lots of photos of Melo Melo, quahog, nautilus...

So......I received that strand from the UK that the seller said she believed were Scottish mussel pearls (she has an on-line antique and vintage jewelry shop, and looking at her listings, she DID seem knowledgeable about pearls in general. She had sold strands that she listed as old Akoyas...

I'm sure those of us who troll Ebay have seen this lovely necklace currently up for grabs...... I just wondered about the colour of the pearls. Do you think it's just VERY dirty and yellowed? Or could they be Basra pearls and be that golden colour...

I thought I should start a new thread for the UV pics so they would be easy to find in case anyone is researching UV light and pearls at any point. So....... I received my UV flashlight (bathroom is HORRIFYING, germaphobes should NOT own one of these things!). They are red as to be expected...

So...... I've been waiting patiently for a UV light to come so I could double check that these ARE in fact P. Sterna before I posted about them (although I really don't have any reason to doubt it) ..... but the sun was out today here in Vancouver so I took photos....... and they're just so...

hi guys, just scored this lovely strand, thought it would be fun to ask the experts FIRST what they thought about them before saying what the seller THINKS they are so..... just photos first...... (personally, I have no idea.....I'm too much of a noob to know the ropes on this one)...... all...

hi guys! I hope everyone is well. I've been "good", no jewellery for a while, lol. I wondered if I could get your opinion on this strand please! i picked it up on-line, came from the UK (it did say "natural" in the listing but I didn't put much stock in that of course). it is 22" long, and...

]Hi guys! Again, it's been awhile (I literally had to stop reading this forum, was spending too much on pearls!). Buuuut........ I couldn't resist when I saw some Cortez keshi's for sale, so I snapped them up! Of course, the pearling world being so small, when I Googled "Sea of Cortez keshi"...

hi everybody! well, i'm always on the hunt for my strand of (budget) naturals! do these look like they may be natural salt water pearls? the baroque akoyas i've seen so far haven't had these shapes so i wasn't sure. and they just didn't look like cultured freshwater to me either...... i'm...

there are some lovely pink mississippi river pearls on eBay RIGHT NOW and i can`t bid on them because i`m `international`! argh! there is one bid per pearl and it is ridiculously low (twelve bucks!). i hope it`s someone on here (if i run the price up with this, please forgive me!) go get ?m...

here's the strand sheryl has listed on etsy that i came on to post about...... don't know how i missed these! sheryl, if my circled peacock's don't work out (still waiting for them! grrrr - customs!), i'm coming after THESE babies! they're fab! (they look like chestnuts! nice size too -...

hiya - can someone steer me towards the thread about how to enlarge drill holes? i know i saw it before but now i can't find it! thanks! -jodie-