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Hi Caitlin, I've checked Strack myself, I should have done that to start with ! You are perfectly right, they do have subspecies of margaritifera along with radiata shells and most probably the darkest pearls come from margaritifera. Very dark pearls seem to be rather uncommon in this area...

Hello to all experts, In your opinion are there such things as black or dark Basra natural pearls ? Or are they all in the whitish or creamy range ? If there exist some dark ones, would they come from Pinctada Radiata or from some other shell ? Thank you !

Hi, I would like to know if you still list natural pearls somewhere like you did on trocadero.com ? I don't seem to be able to find your listings anymore. Thanks ! Isabelle.

Hi I think the diamonds of your ring are rose cut, not old mine cut. To me they look flat and with triangular facets on the top. Old mine cut diamonds have a deep pavilion, just as modern cut ones (but with different proportions). Rose cut is an antique type of cut as well as old mine cut, so...

I understand that in pearl culturing, gonads are targeted also because they are not very much innerved, and consequently the risk of rejection by the mollusk is minimized. Could this account for the fact that it is current to find big sized horn shaped pearls in abalone ? Because, not feeling...

Hi everybody ! Can you help ? I am wondering about the horn shape rather common with abalone pearls, and how and why pearls grow in this peculiar shape. I quite understand that this horn shape is consistent with the shape of the gonad, as very well shown on a picture of this link ...

You may be right Caitlin. And of course, Claudie may still have in her safes some of the stocks of her grandfather, which may have included old european natural fresh water pearls. Okay, I promise, next time I see her, I'll ask her what type of molluscs gave her couloured pearls. I'll try to get...

In our legislation, actually "pearl" alone is supposed to mean "natural pearl". But there are many abuses and confusions ; in most shops selling cultured pearls, and in the current language, "pearl" stands in people's mind for "cultured pearls". So we always use the old term "perle fine" instead...

Sure Caitlin. I agree, they look alike on the screen pictures (at least some of them). So you ask, why bother ? I try to guess : several reasons : The natural ones sell for a higher price... to a certain type of clients... who want only the best of best and can afford it ! A reputation to save...

At the turn of the XXth century, there used to be about 300 natural pearls dealers rue La Fayette in Paris. Nowadays of these 300 dealers only one remains ; the firm Gourdji, held by Claudie after her father and grandfather. She is the last one of her kind, entirely dedicated to natural pearl...

Well, these are definitely not FWP, I can assure you. :) Claudie is very famous in high jewellery for her natural pearls (providing such jewellers as JAR, for instance). And yes, the prices are astronomical ! Only for eye's pleasure... which is already much.

As Christmas is coming soon, and we all need to dream a bit, I wish to propose you this link towards this beautiful website : http://www.claudie-ple.fr Claudie Pl? is a very nice person, the last one in Paris dealing only in natural pearls, being able to repair them, after her father. She...

Well, thanks to all of you for your support and suggestions. Thanks as well for the english language lesson... I didn't know the expression "thar she blows"... I tried to guess the meaning... Sounds rather enthusiastic !

I am afraid Gail is right. I would have liked to do without the lab and learn by myself but this is probably presomptuous ! I attach another picture of the front of the pendant. The colour is more realistic than on the first picture, probably because of the white background. Yet much of the real...

Hi everybody, thanks for all your answers and your caring. I attach a side picture on a white background. Actually the button is rather deep, not extremely flat, and slightly pointed on the top. I guess the nacre is quite thick due to the battered-metal aspect on the very top. I could mesure the...

Hello, I am new on this forum, I am from Paris. I have been reading this forum for some time now ; I a m a real pearl-lover, mainly interested in natural pearls, but I can make an exception for a beautiful cultured pearl ! And this is just what I have done. I have treated myself with a pendant...