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Anyone have any tips and hints on the best lighting/equipment to use to capture the color and luster of pearls? this is something I've been struggling with for quite some time, and am thinking of purchasing a photo light box from www.mkdigitaldirect.com I'm looking at the Gem-eBox. Does...

anyone know the name of that new pearl book that's coming out? Cortez pearls had a copy at the booth in Tucson. I don't remember the title, author or publisher! But I think Enrique said it's coming out in the fall. thanks julie.

I was handed a strand of pearls yesterday and asked to ID them. I only had a few minutes, and no loupe with me. This strand was purchased in Greece (I think) for about $1200 usd, and sold to the consumer as Tahitian black pearls. 100% these are not natural color black pearls. They are the...

anyone going this year? anyone want to meet up for a cup of coffee? there's a little coffee/bagel shop a block from AGTA. julie.

Numerous times this past year I have heard consumers and patrons at art shows mention that freshwater pearl color is due to the injection of color into the host mollusk during cultivation. At first I would just correct them and forget about it, but hearing this time and again has me wondering...

For those of you drilling pearls, got a question for you. Starting with an undrilled pearl, and taking it up to 1.2mm drill hole, how many drill bit sizes do you use? Do you start with .6, and increase in incriments of .10? That would require 8 different drill bit sizes to get to 1.2. Do you...

Anyone notice if power pro/spectra fiber abrades the pearls? It cuts my hands, and it has been known to cut thru guides on fishing poles, so I'm wondering what it could do to pearls over time? I'm thinking of the pearls rubbing up against the knots. Also, has anyone noticed if this material...

I have a colleague who claims that the magenta colors found in Tahitian pearls is from the pearls coming in contact with the juice from betel nuts. This colleague has impressive credentials, but cannot substantiate this, other than to say that it has become an accepted practice so it is not...