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I personally wouldn't call satin luster as medium... Satin luster is characteristic of SSP, as their luster is like glow from within, while Akoya and FWP appear more on the surface. I think golden SSP (especially deep ones) is the best to represent that warm luster, just like Alex's beautiful...

10mm round SS pearl is usually about 1.5gr.. 1.8gr will make it at least 10.5mm and above. Just based on my experience...

Wanna share some of recent work from the goldsmith I'm working with. I sketched the design on paper, explained the details, and he worked on it fairly quick. This ring is kinda OTT, it's a request from my aunt. After making the design I was a bit afraid on how it would turn out, but my aunt was...

Review about pjymarket is here https://www.pearl-guide.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5660&p=88408#post88408 Once I wanted to buy some freshies there, fortunately I changed my mind...

Thank you for the nice comments, everyone! Strong rose overtone itself is quite rare, but to have rose overtone and orient like this is even more rare in SSP. So I think they're quite special pair. Dawn, in the beginning I was thinking to make a ring of one pearl and maybe pendant for the...

Thank you for sharing, you wrote good article and the pics are nice. Also you did good job at knotting! :)

Thought I'd share here. Came across these beauties and I just couldn't resist them. They're about 14mm, almost round, surface isn't perfect and the bottom are a bit flat but luster is simply amazing. When I picked them from the lot, I didn't intend to make a pair, but the more I look at them...

I'm impressed with the luster, even with the black background which usually subdued the luster on the pictures, your pearls still look very pretty. Especially considering they're vintage since many Akoya lost their spark after many years, so the pearls must be very high quality.

That's too bad that you have to return it. They look quite pretty on your picture even though I agree that they look different from the original picture pearllunar provided. But pearls are very hard to take picture of, I found that most of the time they look different from the picture.

Wow, that's some Wilma Flinstone's necklace right there!

Lovely neck, Dizzie! ;) Thank you for the neck shot, the necklace looks beautiful on you.

Selamat siang, terima kasih infonya Pak Sutrisno. Just yesterday I met with friends who are pearl wholesaler and they also mentioned the price for the new stocks have been very high (almost twice than regular price) but could only suspect what the cause is. There has been word of mouth going...

Lol, thank you Dizzie :D Hopefully the pearls will continue pleasing your eyes :)

I second that, would love to see the pendants, ring, bracelet, and other necklaces too :D

I also think the smaller pearl is better overall. Other than the obvious cleaner surface, I actually like the color better too. About the luster, from the pictures you provided, both pearls look similar to me. The smaller seems to have softer luster, but I don't think that necessarily means that...

The Tahitian necklace and SSP earrings look nice, you didn't get bad deal for those. The other necklaces (now confirmed to be SSP) have low luster, but the blemishes are not too bad/heavy.

Dizzie, you should look more into SS pearls, their beauty might not be as mysterious as Tahitian pearls, but they can be enchanting as well :D Thank you Red, I'll keep an eye on green-gold SSP for you :)

I agree, very pretty necklace! Love the luster and color, congratulation on a great buy :D

They're not Tahitian pearls, they look like dyed freshwater pearls. Freshwater pearls are often dyed to imitate Tahitian pearls, but your pearls are the wrong color. You can check some threads here like this one https://www.pearl-guide.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7352 to see how real Tahitian...

I can't confirm for sure, since they kinda look like freshwater pearls to me as well, but I have seen (and owned) SSP that looks like the white pearls even though not as necklace. Here in Indonesia, that chalky white and cream color SS pearls are usually exported in bulk to other countries for...