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A colleague's work?

Can't be exceedingly difficult to find out whether one of these fellows has a similar keshi in stock. I believe it is possible, but have not seen enough to make up my mind what are the odds. Wouldn't mind finding out :cool: - the process or the result, that is.

A minuscule first step... http://www.goldenpearls.biz/keshi-pearls.htm I know only what you see, and guess that the keshi were not the intended harvest - as usual. Reason: examples reputedly from the same locale show keshi more or less attached to twisted, contorted, often multicolour...

Quite the question to ask! Josh makes it sound like it would be worth buying tickets to a stint of pearling life... :p

I couldn't come up with any other material that might match the color of the pearls better either - perhaps green beryl (greenish-yellow, white and yellow mix in the stones: not unlike the most uneven colors on p. maxima pearls - now that I a thinking this). It is a pleasant thought, but ...

The citrine appears to pick up the color of the large keshi pearls in the picture... Is this why the stones were picked?

The magnified photo shows some lovely flame on the pearl! Is it visible in person? Were there more then one pearl in each shell? How large were the pearl-bearing shells? Any chance to see both pearls and shell in a picture? [must say; not sure how much help this might end up being to you -...

Looking forward to it! [if to mention one reason - then... Artists Alley has left a blank patch and a mention of 'gallery launch' is difficult to ignore ...]

Could be... What the thing looks like doesn't matter as much to the mollusk as to well, us, and even among humans a whole lot just take pearls for the biological thing that they are: the lot calls themselves 'conchologists', on account of a branch of Victorian natural sciences. Some of the lot...

Darn Pond! From what I read, I have missed one trip worth taking... can only hope for a next time.... Congratulations for the meaningful gift, Caitlin!

Quite a moment! Got a dollar?

Delightful writing, that! The thought of Carl Linaeus in Mikimoto's shoes proves history does have a sense of humor: [the man had singular business sense...]

I would imagine that these pearls are more at home among collectors of antique (truly) jewelry then the general natural pearl public, small as that crowd is... The stash reminds me of something: Blue Water Ventures From the look of it, you have more then enough information to have the...

This might explain the odd silluette...

An aside: Ropes - Everywhere!

Which makes the objects a bit unnerving to someone already 'into' opal... But may mean little to everyone else. The question may be whether the 'opal' or the 'pearl' bit in the name is what ends up selling these things; I would imagine that the opals have been put there for their reputation as...

A quick update on Harvey Bay akoya from AGTA-GTC

Yes [see 'properties' down the page HERE]... Synthetics can be both by a big margin. [there's some variety of them - I have not followed the subject much; a report from the Australian Gemology Association compares the production and properties of the more popular kinds] I can't quite guess the...

The opal looks allot nicer then would have expected for mabe rough material! Do you know what are they using? (perhaps inlay material, or...)

Wouldn't Pearl Paradise provide the clasp?