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Sea Urchin, I live in Tucson and can escort you a bit -if you like- the total show lasts 2 weeks and there are many places where a business ID is not required.

Spectacular. It is a mini-La Peregrina!! I'd wear it everyday!

Brilliant work! Genius cuff links! I am so proud of you!

If the Ebay seller is Chinese. It is 99.9% sure they do NOT have pearls from anywhere but China. So no matter what they call the pearls they are still freshwater. Beware the "Tahitian Black" pearls refer to a color and not to the country of origin. Even if you find a great seller, take note...

I have found that most pearl sellers on Ebay are selling cultured Chinese freshwater pearls, not glass or plastic imitations, however, it is VERY common to call freshwater pearls akoyas, Tahitians or South Sea pearls. In my opinion, the worse the pearls, the more likely they are to be called...

When I was new to cultured pearls, I kept thinking that some strands of un-nucleated freshwater pearls were natural because of the slight variations in shape, which akoyas don't have. That variation is still something I love about Chinese freshwater pearls because it does make them look more...

Julie Beth! Congratulations on becoming a roving Pearl-Guide.com reporter!!! What a great idea to set our special roving reporters loose on pearl farms! This place just keeps expanding in new and wonderful ways, thanks to the generosity and creativity of Hisano and Jeremy!

If the pearls are from the same date as the clasp, they would have to be natural. However a natural necklace with all the pearls about the same size and shape as this would be so expensive, it should have a far better clasp. What the pearls look like is Chinese freshwater pearls. The slightly...

That's even better!

After much thinking, would you please add me to the list? I went to Arabia alone when I was 13, Mexico alone for the summer when I was 15, to India, alone, when I was 65, I know I can do this easier than any of those trips! If I win, I promise to write and take pictures of everything- I'll keep...

Sounds like another wonderful gathering of the pearlistas!

Interesting note: On SATURDAY, Feb, 6th 9-10 AM Greenlee Room "Pearls of Wisdom" A short intro to natural, cultured, and enhanced pearls and how to tell them apart...hands on Eric Fritz FGA DGA Gem-A London, UK

I just got my AGTA guide and notice that Elisabeth Strack's yearly pearl lecture will be on FRIDAY Feb 5, 2016. The subject is "Identifying Pearls: Natural or Colored, (beaded or non-beaded) Original Appearance or Treated" Greenlee Room, 9-10AM I didn't see this posted here, so if it is a...

I was going to ask if at least one was a hanadama and one not, but I arrived too late to to get here before the answer. Shocked that they both are. Something is wrong with that! I am SO glad you are following this to the supposed source of the certificate! Edited to add: Surprised to see all my...

Do you all think it is a cultured pearl? The shape and setting reminds me of several 1950's unique American freshwater pearl pieces I have seen. I wouldn't rule that out, yet.

I love Catherine's taste in pearls. I would choose a dozen of her pieces easily. As for her neat knots, note that the thread she uses 99% of the time if not more, is Power Pro. That is why the neat knots. But neat knots is a big trade off for only two colors to knot with- white and moss green...

Fantastic, Anna! I always knew you would just keep rising! I hope that "Edison" takes the cake! Good luck!

I haven't been around and missed this. .My original thought was that the only place this many matching-and dark- pearls could come from was the New World. This place was loaded with pteria sterna and Margaritifera until the Spanish took it all and left the pearl beds ravished.. There was also a...

That is just about the most wonderful wedding pearl necklace I have seen in years! The lucky groom is getting a talented and resourceful wife. I am so impressed. Nothing impresses me as much as people who make beautiful things for their own lives, by hand.

Avi Raz shows at the Tucson Gem Show, so I have seen many of his one of a kinds over the past decade. His work is as good as it gets. And that includes just about every one of a kind pearl artist from centuries past. Those are heirloom pieces and I bet some will end up in museums- if they...