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Go for it Unusual Pearls, You have what is known as an up market form of shapes in clouds disease. Enjoy yourself, lifes fun for the adventurous.

Sorry folks I miss-spelt the islands name it's actually Abrolhus Islands. Just had a google to see and came up with Chimere Pearls. I do not know them but felt the need to let everyone know what actually happens in Australia. See ya.

Evening All I am unable to say where the strand is from but let everyone know, Black Pearls are grown in the west of Australia. I've been reading about it for quite a few years now. I think it's around the Abrollus Islands. I'm not familiar with the area but, they have been growing for a...

You can be sure there will be a pretty comprehensive look into it. I'm pretty sure there was a diver death at Arafura Pearls in the Territory in 09. I didn't read it in the new's, an employee of mine had come from there and several of their employee's called us for jobs and explained the...

Have Faberge ever shown a minimalist bent?

Gidday again Adeline, with regular wearing the thin area will simply wear off to expose the nuclei. You can hide that section within a mount. For example, in my travels I have pretended interest in pearl jewellery to suss out the vendor and found brooches to be beautiful upon first glance but...

Gidday Adeline The nuclei sitting in the boulbus secton of a tear drop pearl is simply the way they are created. In South Sea Pearl growing quite a few are seeded to get a beautiful gem grade. The better your practices and the right environmental seasons will see and increase of the ratio...

Thanks Karin, Katbran, The real problem you are faced with unless you buy direct from the farmer is Who knows where they came from? There are honourable people out there, but a certificate really is just a piece of paper. You would be stunned if you saw the numbers that go through the...

Gidday Pearlharbourer You pointed out one of your pearls was a tear drop. Put it in the palm of your hand. Look closely at the pointier end as you slowly turn it. As you turn, focus on the middle pointier bit. Don't look at the edges as they will change as they reflect your skin. Once you...

Has this anything to do with today being the 1st of April?

Gidday All PearlDreams, we put all our pearls in bags together for storage all the time. However once drilled I totally suggest you have them knotted. A nice knot of silk thread is a better bed for a drilled pearl than another nacre edge from the next drilled pear.

That's interesting Adeline but we will never add dye to any of our pearls or mabe. As soon as you add dye, you've joined the chinese revolution. All power to those that like it dyed, we feel the true beauty of a pearl is it's natural state.

Gidday Caitlin There's plenty of Pteria Penguin production going on. James Cook Uni in Townsville is involved with Spat production experiments in North Queensland as a business assistance package in the south Pacific with Australian Foreign Affairs. Bron's getting right into it here as well...

Gidday All Alex, I'll let others speak for their respective industries. Shell retirement for us when harvesting means, if a bad pearl comes out and the inner shell appears "clean", they are used for mabe. Bron and I only reseed a shell if a quality pearl comes out. The retired shell that are...

Gidday and welcome South Sea Pearl Nuclei come in quite a range of sizes. Mikey can explain that. The thickness variations of nacre are not only a result of the pearl remaining in the shell for a longer time. Considder a family you know with four or five kids that have grown. The kids will be...

Gidday everyone We get a fair bit of the gray but i've not seen the oil slik like the one on the right. With South Sea's, the greyer they get the lower the grade. That's a farmers view from a commercial reality. They are beautiful in their own right however. I don't think the colour will fade...

Gidday Josh, been wonderin where you at. Must be nice having croc free diving sessions.

Gidday All With the Big baroques, check the boulbus end all around as that tends to be the thinnest area of Nacre on that type of pearl. If they've been tumbled if wallnut oil or such, they may appear O.K in a photo and surprise you in the wrong way when studied in your hand.

Great prices Katbran, go for it. The Tahitians are a good price, but the vendor is making more than 100% on what he'd have paid. You'll have some fun with them anyway. Enjoy yourself.

Hello RedMercuryVII Pretty out there name you've chosen. First of all, You decide what size Keshi you'd like for the ring and go from there. Understand that most Keshi's are hollow, so ensure your jeweller actually encases the pearl into the ring. The thought of a Tahitian Kehsi in platinum...