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Found this article that you may enjoy! Xenografts between margaritifera and maxima...

These fond memories! Thank you! And OMG...I was soooo thin back then, before COVID turned me into a sedentary life form!

Try to find someone that can help you shoot some nice photos. These are so out of focus that not much can be said of them. But just by squinting at the thumbnails: these look like cultured pearls.

Yes, really hard to say with those photos.

My recommendation whenever someone is talking about species introduction is: first READ & UNDERSTAND the environmental risks involved in such a thing. Indonesia should have some populations of Pteria penguin, amongst other species of genus Pteria, and these would be good to start a pearl farming...

I NEED a pearl necklace for myself. Have you all seen @jshepherd 's Tahitian pearl necklace? It looks fantastic. Great photos @StevieBoy Good to have you back!

Might take decades for this to happen...if at all! These pearls ara AMAZING

I would say: just be mindful of the product you use on your skin...avoiding those that are ACIDIC in nature...those would be the harshest on pearls. Most -if not all- perfumes are acidic. But of course: if you apply on the skin and allow for some minutes "sitting" the perfume will interact with...

Hard to imagine why someone would plate with sterling, since it tarnishes...as opposed to white gold, that does not. You can try and polish some of the scratches away.

Will make for one very interesting door stop!

About growing pearls in Petri dishes: No. They failed. They could not produce pearls. And if I remember correctly: all they got were small globules of mucus!

Well, they may call them "growth streaks", but it is actually what I said they were: sub-surface deposits of calcite or protein. And as @Yens has correctly stated: they cannot be removed, buffed, polished away. They are normal in pearls. These pearls are beautiful with these "birthmarks", but...

Hi there GoG! And welcome to our Pearl Forum :) Hard to tell without actually having the pearls in my hand and using a loupe! But these markings seem to be protein-calcite depositions...they may look like scratch marks, but are actually deposited by the mollusk's mantle, then coated with normal...

Very nice result! You can now stack & wear :D

Really beautiful, DEEP Golden color...I would say 22K Golden!

I wish you get better soon! I also contracted COVID this year...I have a nasty little cough that just won't go away. But it is getting better and better with time.

Wonderful! You really know how to capture pearl jewelry. You could become a specialized pearl photographer if you ever wanted to! The Tahitian ensemble is fantastic!

Oh I see that now! Yes: Imitation pearls there.

Those drill holes look like imitation pearl drill holes to me. Anyone else notice them? Kind of flattened and then kind of like a rising ridge?

Jennifer Heebner just published this article about Sales at the HK Show: https://agta.org/dealers-report-fewer-chinese-buyers-slow-gem-sales-at-asia-world-expo-in-hong-kong/