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Thanks Jeremy and Caitlin - I'd not heard of that before.

Those are immense, and such lovely colours! How thick is the nacre on them, do you know?

What do you mean by "turn chalky"? What causes this? How long does it take to happen?

Miaow! Do you want a saucer of milk with that?

What amazing photos - thanks!

I would also vote for the top strand, but they are all lovely. I'm lost by the winter / dark winter idea - something to do with skin tone? I have very, very pale skin, takes me all summer to go from blue to white! I don't wear yellow gold, yellow clothes, or yellow / orange anything, because...

I think that's lovely, really gorgeous! Is the chain silver?

Adeline, that's a lovely setting, absolutely gorgeous. What pearl are you going to use instead of the damaged one?

Those ones you describe as "Earl Grey" are really lovely, such a gorgeous shimmery-silver.

Looks as if they caught pearl-smallpox! They're horrible.

No, I missed that. Do you have a link? I like bracelets, too - you can see your pearls, then! With a necklace, you can't always get the full glory yourself (-:

I'm in the UK, Mikeyy - my parents' house is in Kent, so the Fish and Wildlife people can't help themselves to anything (-: I'd also be more worried about my Dad's reaction than the law's!

HSN? Whassat? That is an utterly lovely pearl, I'm dead jealous.

Thanks, very interesting! two of my parents' ponds have freshwater mussels in them. I wonder if there are any pearls there? I'll have to stick to wondering, as I don't suppose my Dad's be very chuffed if I started dredging.....

Decisions, decisions.... Are you definitely going for a bracelet? I suppose that's the first decision!

In my family, it was more pearl earrings - I remember my Granny saying that after a wedding ring, pearl earrings were a sign of respectibility in her world as a young wife - Liverpool in the 1940s and afterwards.

So that bracelet is about $17.5, or in my money, about ?11.5k?! I'd go for the naturals, definitely. That's a very serious wedge for those pearls.

Fascinating story, Caitlin! Loved the photos, too.

Thanks to you both, for the photos and the explanations!

Thornburgh sounds, to me, like a Viking-origin surname? There was a Bishop Thornborough at either Bristol or Worcester, a vague memory tells me. My surname, Jones, is very Welsh, obviously. As was my paternal grandfather, Owain Jones! Most of the other surnames in my immediate family tree are...