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Definitely qualifies as practical! Thanks.

Almudena and I look forward to meeting everyone! Tips please: Just went on Amazon to see about a roll/bag to carry a few of our treasures safely and comfortably. Too many choices! Any practical recommendations?

JEG! "Ask and thou shalt receive." How impressive! Those keshis do not disappoint. The shorter strand of larger pearls calls to mind our natural Pteria (Ptimes Ptwo) strand we will be bringing to Pearls by the Bay. The purple round begs removal from its net from time to time for a little...

Meant to ask if anyone here has acquired Kasumi Keshi over the years that we could see? There were none on offer yesterday but Jeremy confirmed they exist.

Those SOCs are intensely striking and the setting is appropriate. Eternal and Harmony will definitely be included among the final options! Many thanks!

They do look great, and the presence of ripples, swirls and hammering obviously requires a minimum nacre thickness. Yesterday no one asked about the future at Seiwa Pearl, whether children are involved, etc. but it seems Sarah is rightfully hedging her bets. If indeed there are ripple farmers in...

Which is the correct spelling (Hernán Cortés), although SOC pearls would still be SOC pearls.

I suppose no one would propose that the quality is the same, albeit the difference would be largely "under the hood" with the four-year nacre growth. Unless the Chinese are doing that too...

Aragonite present would demand SEM/TEM analysis by a top shell microstructure authority. There would be no better choice than Professor Antonio Checa in Granada.

Just imagine how a perfectly round, lustrous ammolite pearl might appear (akoya appendage suggested by AI). Talk about color...

The thought occurred that the discovery of a fossilized Ammonite pearl should be more anticipated than from a modern Nautilus shell, as the pearl would not yet have been ejected from the mantle and lost to sea. Advise those folks in Alberta to be on the lookout!

Look forward to images! Definitely see the replication, as described by House, regularly-spaced blisters from the successive septal growth cycles. Sort of like volcano island chains (Hawai'i). Evidence of loose fossilized pearls would be earth-shaking. But assuming what you have seen is...

Reviewing our pearl acquisitions in advance of next month, I realized we still had an interesting loose pearl stash, including two 3.1 gram lots of SOC keshis that Douglas brought to that 2009 Ruckus. I got them out together with some loose freeform abs, a keshi from Josh at Kamoka, and even a...

But biology is the source of all earthly things beyond igneous rocks. P.S. Despite our deviations here, the thread title remains wholly appropriate!

The ensemble is even better than the individual pieces, and looks fun!

During my search for Cephalopod pearl precedents in the paleontological literature I came across the research of Michael House. His 1960 paper 'Abnormal Growths in Devonian Goniatids' described regular shell blister impressions in the fossil matrix, ascribed to the mollusk's defense against...

Sarah, from a long-lost folder on my computer I recovered just yesterday here is a candid shot from Show & Tell at Pearl Paradise Ruckus in October 2009! I see Marianne, la_corsetiere (Sheri), yourself and dear departed Caitlin.

The SS goldens are stunning quality, and far more interesting and eye-catching than (more expensive) matched color.

Anyone who has been to Perú shopping for 'Baby Alpaca' is familiar with the precautionary advice 'MAYBE Alpaca'.

One of the most fascinating aspects of Nautilus mineralization was the evidence of multiple forms of aragonite microstructure, including both types of nacre (columnar and terraced), a property shared with Ammonites as evidenced by the distinct colors of ammolite originating in the fossilized...