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Such delicate pieces. They really make the most of those gorgeous colours.

Finding shapes in pearls is like cloud gazing - soothing and fun

Such beautiful colour and luster - they are ethereal

That is beautiful. The colours of the tourmalines are really good for dark pearls

Oooh, those studs! Sorry, I got distracted big time for them. The rope is lovely and congrats on the huge knotting job

My guess would be a pressed ring with details added by hand. It wasn`t custom built for the pearl, there is no doubt about that.

Oooh, I love the clasp. So sleek and well integrated

I would set the stone in a tube bezel and drill the pearl so the tube bezel fits very snuggly. Then, epoxy the tube bezel. This will allow the stone to sit very low, close to the surface of the pearl. If you solder a post to the back of the bezel and glue that in a drilled hole, the stone will...

Are you talking about a round pearl or a baroque? Can you share a sketch or a photo? Depending on what you want to do, there may be different solutions

Platinum can be tested with a streak test. In a pinch, the acid solution for 22k gold can be used but there are also specific reagents to identify platinum.

That is incredible. Perfect Is the pearl fixed or can you rotate it?

Baroque and ringed pearls for me. The shapes are more interesting and they get lovely colours that vary over the contours.

I generally soak mine in acetone.

That strand is just amazing and you light up talking about it. Great choice

Also, I prefer plastic calipers to metal calipers for pearl. Less chance of scratching

It makes perfect sense, actually. None of us would say "I don't buy pearls from Wendy or Cees because why would pearls go to Europe?" You have people with pearl knowledge who already frequent the pearl shows and have contacts in the industry. They have the equipment to process pearls. So they...

It depends so much on your own personal style. I don't like large studs - but give me large necklaces any day! My akoya studs are 6mm and that size works for me, even when I pair them with 8 or 9mm pearl strands.

Who was the vendor?

oooh - I can just see this as a snakey head

yes, a paraboloid will work just fine. Just size variation and knots will add more error than the difference between a paraboloid and a cathenary