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it's maybe not alabama, I don't remember exaclty, I kniw it seems to be grey(?) or dark(?) saltwater pearls but don't remember what. However, I am starting to think about pinna or atrina pearls, after I saw a video. Its maybe south carolina or so, dont remember the state, just finished with "A"...

top one is crazy, so clean, so fine and glossy, really crazy quality! Also like the small pink tone in it. I purchased a strand yesterday, and this thread grab my curiosity. Here is all I have for now, one strand is natural, other are akoya. The last I purchased is second on top, do you think...

I think it's just a "750" stamp

but not easy to get the right size, color and shinyness. For now I have 3 akoya strands, two are more cream, this one is more pinkish.

I sent email, let's see... I paid less than 100€ for the necklace, so I can spend a bit of money to enhance it...

looking forward to get the other (bigger) one and take shots.

would get one like this! One day!

Hello, I have a a old akoya necklace with very nice clasp I would restring, and make a bit better quality, removing some smaller pearls (some have defects) and replacing for larger ones. I wanted to know where to purchase some akoya, if possible someone on the forum?! I would get a pair of...

akoya was also my final bet. I wil see, and maybe take it, not so bad, a quite good choker for a reasonnable price, even pearls are not the brightest and well matched. I would also find 2 8,5mm akoya pearls, and if possible 2 9mm too, to complete a nice old strand I found recently. The biggest...

I would be interested in this necklace if south sea, because I have no south sea pearls for now. size is 7,8mm, clasp is white gold. As pictures are sellers, I can't make specific on white background. The first and second picture makes me think about sous sea or blurry akoya. Last picture makes...

Second and third are really neat especially for this kind of freshwater pearls, last one has a so typical shape! What are sizes? I know there still are freshwater mussels near my home but even these would be very hard to find, the luck of getting a pearl is not worth the killing of many...

Hello here is a spondylus pearl 8mm diameter and 7mm height, button shape. the front back and the flame pattern close-up, not very strong but structure is very interesting.

yes, setting, I saw several jewelr using this mount. Also, there are several broken pealrs and one is exactly as cut, but broken, it seems these pearls have weakness on this plan, because of preferential growth. The turbo shell are not pictured on my second batch of photos.

The turbo shells you are mentionning MSC are not pictured on my last phitis, there also was a very small nautilus piece in the lot. Here is exactly the jewelry you are refering, and exactly the kind of shell parts I had in the lot, about 5 of them or so.

Here are better pictures. One is all the raw pearls, some are blisters some are even hollow. then, the 3 I kept in collection, and then all the cut wings for jewelry purpose. I saw several jewelry examples, using this kind of cut pearls, to make flowers or pendant on lavalliere, brooches or...

I know this thread is old, but still interesting to know more. The clasp is french, the maker hallmark( losange) like this is french regulation. The other hallmark doesn't seem to be a eagle head, maybe horse head (not paris)

cultured akoya, no doubt for me message 28 pictures 6-7( nucleus and conchitine layer visible) and 11-12, nuckeus layers are visible. Also visibl on very first picture of the original post. But I comment more for this reason: "Pinctada radiata, is commonly known as the Atlantic pearl oyster or...

I was thinking about the previous picture I added, and remember now the drops are removables as the 2 strands (c clasps) So it's possible the necklace is the same, and was displayed with 9 drops and only one strand. It can esily explain why there are so many variations, if the drop display is...

really glossy pearl!

Thanks a lot I will have to use the advices for some work to come: