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Thanks for all your encouragement...its a joy to share my finds :-) I'm going to have to get better at this photography lark, but here are a few closer pics... Itsy, bitsy, teeny, weeny pearl necklace is 28 inches in length and graduates from 1mm to 1.8mm...how on earth were these graded, let...

Hello there! I'm new to the forum, but have been collecting pearls (and other antique jewellery) for some years and thought I'd like to share my little collection of older pearl jewellery...hopefully for some comments on their origin too ;-) I've just started the GIA course and am gradually...

Loloperle...thank you for your reply, I will investigate further. The many mysteries of pearls.... If only they could speak! :-)

Loloperle..these are sooo beautiful! I have a question... maybe you can help? I have this little antique brooch with unusual colour pearls, and after reading this thread and seeing the AMAZING pipi pearls, I wonder could these be pipi pearls? The brooch is maybe circa 1900... Helen

Thank you both for your replies...pics are truly dreadful! I'll take some more. I had a thought that the mop 'ends' might have been added to to make the pearls rounder, or cut from the attached shell at the time that the pearls were harvested and then rounded up to achieve the more rounded...

GemGeek...it sounds just what I need! Exciting:)

Hello there Pearlies! The mysteries of pearls are many, and so much to learn! I am hoping that someone out there will be able to explain this curiousity to me.... We have this vintage three-row Pearl necklace in the shop...some of the pearls have very obvious bumpy mother of pearl 'disc' ends to...

Thank you Pattye :-) ...I'll have a looksee! Amazing...Before finding this forum I had no idea that there was so much to a pearl, and that there are so many enthusiasts! helenB

Hello there..thank you so much for the interesting insights into the course. Youve made up my mind...I've been thinking about taking it for a while, but online details about what you actually 'do' there are sparse! I'm new to the forum, and reading as much as I can...you all seem so...

Hi Caitlin, thank you...that's all really helpful information. The pearls in this ring are quite an obvious (if pastel) colour and I've never seen pearls like this in an old ring. However, I do also have a brooch circa 1900, in what looks to be its original box which also has coloured pearls...

Here it is...again made around 1900, bought it in this box and it fits perfectly and feels as tho its been sat in there for years! These too are perfectly round...

Thank you both for your replies, I'll take some pics against a white background. other than that, i think youre right...they might have to visit the lab!

Hello there! This is my first post as I'm new to the forum. I work in antique jewellery and am interested in learning more about natural pearls....I'm wondering if anyone out there would be able to tell me anything about these pearls. They are pastel pink, peach and lilac in colour, measure 4.5...