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It's been a while. I'm still healing from surgery. Going to Dad's today wearing my new Kasumi ring. I'm having a hard time photographing it, though. But my real prize is wearing my reworked long Tahitian keshi tin-cup that I broke. Hisano had reworked it as a double strand with a clasp...

They could be akoyas or freshwaters. I can't decide. However, $100 is a steal. The clasp alone might be worth more than that. It all comes down to do you like them.

It looks like a freshwater pearl to me, too. The color and egg shape are typical of freshwater pearls from China.

Oh, let me tell you what sometimes happens to me! If I've threaded all the pearls and then I'm going BACK through the same pearls in the other direction, I sometimes accidentally push the needle through the previous thread. That's when I get weird snags. It's because the two threads are not...

Ohhhh, gorgeous pendant.

What kind of thread are you using?

Oh damn. I posted the same thing. Those SS pearls are HUGE and glowy.

Helen Mirren attended the New York premiere of A Talent for Murder on Wednesday evening wearing Australian South Sea pearls from Margot McKinney.

JEG: That keshi and briolette necklace is gorgeous. I regret not buying one during the PP Live event they did. Love your mix and match dangles, too. I'm easing back into getting dressed up. Akoya pearls. But faux pearl sheep. Opal and akoya ring from OceanRhyme. Vintage akoya ring and...

The Real-Real has a lot of pearls for sale.

Micron setting? Wow, I didn't think you could get thinner gold plating than gold plating. So I guess it goes: Gold Filled - Thickest gold coating. 5% of total weight of item must be gold. Vermeil - Gold over silver. 2.5 microns of gold. Gold plate - Thinnest gold coating. 0.5 microns to...

They are all Chinese freshwater pearls. They are the older, rice shaped pearls that are 100% pearl nacre.

Those are gorgeous!

I agree. Dyed freshies. The shape and color is all wrong for Tahitians.

I love turquoise with pearls. I especially like it with yellow gold instead of silver.