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Freshwater pearls and jade, and emeralds, and sapphires, and one tourmaline. Necklace from Kojima Pearl. little h earrings from Hisano at Pearl Paradise.

OK. It's been worn to death. Or loved to death. I still think if you like the setting, you should just replace the pearl. I can't tell what kind of pearl it is, but it's not going to get better looking, and the setting looks really nice.

I'm so sorry. How did you acquire this pearl? That might help us guess how it got into this condition.

OK! This is my gut feeling. That used to be a cultured pearl, but it's either been through the digestive system of an animal, or submerged in vinegar or the wrong sort of cleaning solution. It looks like all the pearl nacre has been eaten off and all that's left is the shell nucleus...

I'm having the same problem with my hands. I can't work half my clasps anymore. I recently had some of my pearls restrung with big, chunky hooks. Toggles also work well, but make sure the bar is big enough that it doesn't slip out of the ring part. And you might want a bit of chain on the...

Rene' Newman shows this clasp in her Pearl books. It's infinitely adjustable, because you can clasp it over any pearl in the necklace, or leave it hang like an end bead.

Pearlgully, those are stunning

WOWZA, JEG! I love the contrast of the small keshi with the big SS pearls. Today I'm wearing the pearls voted "Most likely to be worn with jeans and a T-shirt." Coral Atoll necklace and Bali earrings from Kamoka. Circled Tahitians with a big easy hook clasp. The shape of the earring hooks...

They look like inexpensive, Chinese freshwater pearls to me, too. The box may have been from 1962, but the pearls are decades newer.

Wilma Flintstones today. Giant 13.7 mm metallic freshwater pearls. Pendant drops on my mother's earrings are from Pearls of Joy. Necklace from Kojima.

I love everything!!!! Jeans and a ripped T-shirt today, worn with my 2019 All Josh Tahitian Harvest necklace from Kamoka. And I'm trying a new earring combo. The Queen freshwater pendant from Kojima on one earring, and a carved Tahitian pendant from Kamoka on the other earring. These...

JEG: What a lovely pin. Rubies and pearls, oh my! Coin pearl ring from Kojima Pearl. little h pendant and earrings from Pearl Paradise. (Horrible bathroom lighting. I forgot to take a photo using natural light earlier in the day.)

Yeah, that's not what I meant. The "only" wasn't meant to be in that sentence. My computer adds words to my sentences and I don't notice until later when I realize, "That's not what I typed." Damn you, autocorrect. My answer was to try to explain why I think GIA charges per carat weight and...

OOOOO, nice!

The GIA prices for a single pearl are probaby by carat weight, because they only get natural pearls to evaluate, and naturals are done by carat weight, not mm size. I think GIA may never had a single cultured pearl sent to them.