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Dear Douglas, thank you so much for treating my reply so seriously. It is interesting to learn that conchs may be able to experience pain. Like I said, I knew there was no pain for the oysters. (I have degrees in biology and I understand they are not developed enough to have this sensation, much...

Does anyone know why the shape of hammer oyster pearls look similar to the shell, like a tilted "T" shape? Its mother of pearl is not in that shape - it's nearly rounded trapezoid or rounded rectangle, according to pictures I found by Google. Since pearls originated from external irritation...

Thank you. They look cute and fun.:) I searched hammer oyster and found the most interesting shaped oyster. It's astonishing to see what wonderful creatures mother nature has for us.

Each of them is a piece of art. They look like from some royal family in Europe hundreds years ago. I am amazed you collected so many of them.

This thread is getting more and more interesting. Thanks very much for sharing such wonderful experiences, Wendy and Douglas, the photo and video are amazing! (And I kind of feel the oysters' pain when watching them cut, despite that I know they only have a ganglion and don't feel pain.) After...

Thank you, SydK, Charlotta, and Douglas! I love the luster of this strand, and I am so happy that Charlotta saw my smile! :-D

Thank you to everyone for your kind replies. The shape is lovely, isn't it?:) - Pattye, I am wondering the same thing. During knotting I looked in to the drill holes of some pearls, and I believe I saw at least 2mm thick nacre. I wish one day I can have a chance to have them examined by X-ray...

Pareltje, your molten lava and peanut pendants blow me away.

I see what you mean. I never bought and will never buy pearls/oysters like those. Actually I don't even like white Akoya with pink-overtone anymore (no offense to Akoya lovers!) after learning they are bleached and dyed pink. I have quite low tolerance of un-natural thing in terms of pearls and...

Last time you posted this picture in my thread, I thought you were showing your beading board... How blunt I was! Your collection is amazing. I can't move my eyes away from that gorgeous tridacna pearl. What is the big dark brown and black natural pearl with less luster located between -2 and 2...

Well, forget my "Silly question: can creamy WSS be bleached to white WSS?", does anyone know if AlohaHawaii on Etsy's vacuum packed south sea pearl oysters are also this kind of fakeo?

I knotted my recent purchase baroque strand into a necklace last night. These Paspaley WSS pearls come with very nice luster, and rose overtone. Size 11x14. Here are the photos. Sorry no neckshot. Can you see me smiling and waving to you :o? Great weekend, everyone!:)

Beautiful work! The set came out gorgeous and dreamy.

So many beautiful clasps! - Charlotta, what a nice collection and how gorgeous necklaces you made! Your rainbow strand is breathtaking - are they all natural color Tahitians or a mix of Tahitian and Edison? Thank you very much for sharing the Etsy shop :). I ordered some the other day following...

Thank you for confirming that, Pareltje! I recall that I saw on this forum natural akoyas look greenish, grayish, or yellowish. Was surprised to see pearls in that video and thought of getting some. Now I won't.

Thanks, Pattye and Paraltje. The video I saw was one from this channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAgTyhzKWkY&t=1177s&ab_channel=ThePearlDude I doubted it as well because their blue "akoya" pearls looked nothing like mine, and some dark-colored looked like skillfully dyed. However, the...

I guess the answer is probably "no", but I hope to confirm. Just out of curiosity as the other day I watched some Akoya oyster opening broadcast on Youtube and a majority of the pearls were cream or peach, which reminded me that most Akoya pearls were bleached (then many get pinked), which lead...

Thank you, eolian pearls, for sharing the details. I love your idea of sunrise and sunset rainbows - if not sold individually, these two pearls might make a perfect match for earrings. :)

Thanks a lot, Anna and Douglas. I searched "Kintsugi" and love its art effect. Will definitely remember to try in future.

Oh my!! Look at that! :D We do have sister pearls, Eolian pearls! Your keshi did such a great job bringing out the center piece's beauty. Did you knot between the keshi pearls or simply string them? Maybe one day when I get tired with my freshwater chain I will change it to keshi, too. Thanks...