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I did make the setting! It's in 18k fairmined gold and it reminds me of a rock pool 😁

Natural deep sea scallop pearl

If anyone is looking to room together, please contact me!

Same here!

Will any pipis be offered for sale?? What a beautiful collection!

Is anyone looking to share a room for pearls by the bay? I'm looking!

Get that strand out! And post some pics 😁

So glad to hear from you, Steve! This thread inspired my own collecting journey. It's very sad to hear all those oyster beds are gone, such a loss. This certainly confirms my own suspicions 😢

I do think it's about saving the pearl beds v

I'm not really sure, Doug. From discussions and seeing some photos, I suspect there was a bit of over harvest took place. The harvester applied for a permit and was denied and claimed it was because of nationality bias. I have seen writing on here stating that permits are only issued to locals...

Some new pipis just added to the collection. I should really take photos of all the natural pearls which have been added in the past several years...

This thread should really be pinned at the top of the "Natural Pearls" section... I went to the UPS distribution center today to pick up a small parcel of pipis today. These may be the last pipis I'll ever get my hands on, but if someone knows where I could get 4-6 inches of drilled 2.5-3.5mm...

I've gotten a very early set of akoya pearls on eBay and had many graduate gemologists say they were natural. Some of the pearls were barrel shaped. I was skeptical so I sent to GIA for certification and they were revealed to be cultured. High quality cultured pearls can be hard to ID from...

Absolutely, Doug!

Hi! It’s been forever but I thought I’d do a final update on the mystery strand of pearls. I finally sent them to GIA a year ago and they came back as cultured. Not disappointed at all about this; I was able to restring them and took a good look at the drill holes. The nacre is thick so I think...

those blues are astonishing!

I have and it's all so wonderful! Great seeing you Douglas!

I'm very grateful for PG, even if I don't have a lot of time to check in these days! It's such a beautiful community here :)

following with great interest

I desperately need a canon macro lens!