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Steve, I'm so sorry! Just have patience. It will happen. All is not lost, thanks for the education.

Getting back to the question at hand, what size are they. My guess would be they are 5 or 6MM. She is a petite woman and the necklace drapes at her collarbone so it's probably 16". If you count the pearls on half the necklace allowing for the shadow in front, you have 5MM or 6MM pearls.

On Mastoloni's website, look at the catalog. Pg. 25 lots of celebrities wearing cultured pearls. Except one. Jackie Kennedy Onasis. How is it anyone in the pearl business doesn't know those pearls are faux? Granted, the most famous fauxs in the world, not to mention most expensive, but faux...

Thanks for the mob-speak lesson! I didn't know that and will stop using it immediately.

I thought you resolved that question as you might decide not to drill it once you received certification. Or was that just a thinking out loud kind of thought and not serious. Saving money? Pray tell, how much, percentage-wise on what you have already spent, will you be saving by submitting...

Not to speak for Dr. Tom, but I've found the equipment isn't sensitive enough to draw a definitive conclusion and interpretation is left up to the assesser resulting in an educated guess as the best conclusion.

Yours will be a better fit for its intended purpose.

http://www.karipearls.com/catalog-natural-arabian-gulf-pearls.html Is this baroque you were speaking of, Steve? Naw, now that I look at the pic and compare it to your description, they are two different pearls. Sorry, Pattye, the Judge thinks I work for him during the day and I couldn't get...

I believe that pearl is still for sale. BTW, the white-gold ring in the lower right hand corner of that page is mine :).

Ain't fatal, but you will die with it. Ain't no cure.

The size of these pearls would not nest perfectly at 16-1/2 and 17-1/2 strands. Smaller sized would, but not these. Why have it restrung? Just buy the pearl shortener and you still have the options of a rope and two strands which do nest without all that expense.

But there'd be no photos or stories if it was in Vegas because, "what happens in Vegas ..." :D

Yes, any hardware store carries those little Dremels and should have the smaller bits. If you go with a file, Fire Mountain has them, Stauchura, they are a pretty standard item with any supply house.

I don't think she is drilling, she is enlarging holes and the reamers are too flimsy for that. That's why I said a round file. It's strong and does the job. Or if she can't find a file, I have used a drill bit. But you do make a good point of making sure you are working in the same direction...

Try a round file. No, not that round file. They are stronger, not electric, but you really don't need electric. If you have a Dremel, the little bits work nicely too.

I've never purchased anything from Stachura for resale. They will sell to lowly beaders. I have no resale certificate or tax exemption.

As I recall, those drops are relatively inexpensive even though they are beautiful. They have a restocking charge, but they waive it if you ask. Talk to Ellie and she will pick you out something special. I've just never had any luck with gluing pearls and Gorilla Glue seems very strong. I...

The post that you glued the pearl onto the clasp, is what I call the pearl post clasp, vs., the clasps which have no post for the pearl. By the way, has anyone ever used Gorilla Glue for attaching pearls? It's waterproof.

Ditto here. She invented the term NCN as I recall. Or was it George?

Once you've seen one vault, you've seen them all. Now, what's in the vault, that's another matter.