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Looks very stylish. Lovely luster and I like how the necklace is finished with the two pearls.

I think they look great. Ringed pearls have their own character. They do have some imperfections usually, but the colors make up for it.

Love it. I have an obsession with the labradorite/pearl combination myself.

Douglas, you can do it!

Once I started selling a couple of items on Ebay, I realized how hard it is to be a seller. I think once all transactions are taxed, it will become even less attractive for sellers. I liked Ebay a lot better a couple of years back. But it is still a place to buy items I could no afford at...

Looks great!

I agree with Caitlin and Karin, they look like freshwater.

Thanks so much!!!!

Love these. I have a strand of big ringed pearls in white. I envy you for the pinkish hue.

Th pearls look off-round to me.

Just curious. How do you inoculate akoya oysters? I assume you use donor tissue along with the nucleus? Does the donor come from exactly the same species? Do you pre-treat our nuclei? Thanks.

Finally, a big, but somewhat dimpled, golden South Sea pearl that I made into a pendant some time ago when 22k gold was a bit cheaper. Paired with orange sapphire.

Then some faceted Chinese freshwater. By now it should be clear that I like baroques. As crazy as they are, they actually do look good around a neck.

Chinese Kasumi-like pearls of the first generation. They have some nice colors that I cannot capture well and some of the pearls are very metallic.

Chinese bead-nucleated pearls with 18k gold beads and 22k clasp. They have nice orient, which is hard to see in my pictures.

Chinese Kasumi pearls with champagne zircon and a 14k clasp.

These are Chinese Keshi. Not for the faint of heart. Or faint of neck muscles. Clasp and beads are 22k and 18k, respectively.

I am not sure whether to post these pics here or more appropriately in the "My first attempt" thread. I had the pearl addiction real badly a couple of years ago, but then left my belongings behind in a storage locker for more than two years. I recently moved everything and decided I need to do...

I like vermeil, but have huge problems with beads and sometimes clasps oxidizing. I still prefer solid gold.

Thanks. I used the flame so far on Powerpro as my glue hardened, but it is a bit dangerous. I think I will move to glue and crimp beads now that I am mostly done with high carat gold.