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    Golden Mikimotos arrived...

    I just went through the Pearls As One course to read through the new sections. The section on Golden SS pearls says the highest quality may have a tiny pinprick per pearl. Your strand looks very well matched. I would think they would be much more expensive if there were absolutely no...
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    Golden Mikimotos arrived...

    The clasp is legit. The pearls are almost perfect. Those dimples are so minor compared to other SS pearls I've seen. I think you've got a good strand. Unless the price was so low that you're suspicious?
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    Golden Mikimotos arrived...

    I don't know for golden South Sea pearls. They look perfect in your photos. How noticeable are the dimples?
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    Help Identify Vintage Pearl Bead?!

    Could be quartz, too. But the pink are definitely not pearls.
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    Golden Mikimotos arrived...

    Wow! They look like 18K gold. Gorgeous.
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    Help Identify Vintage Pearl Bead?!

    The white pearls look like Chinese freshwater pearls. The pink beads are not pearls, but look like rhodochrosite. They look pretty together.
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    Pearls by the Bay 2024

    So many familiar faces. Enjoy!!!! This was fabulous. Thank you for live streaming PBTB. Thank you Sarah for putting this on. Thank you Jeremy for having PP live stream it. Congratulations Jeremy on Pearls as One and the Pearl Association!!!! Douglas, great talk, as always. And I...
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    Show us your live event purchases!

    The finished jewelry from Takahashi is still in Japan. Hisano told me yesterday that they're doing the finishing on the pearls that are already set in finished jewelry. Maybe I'll have a piece to show by next week. And my Kasumi pearl is being set. I could post photos of Pomme de la Mer...
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    These were found in Florida. On a local beach. Can anyone give me there opinion of what they may be. What type of pearl.

    Take them out of the plastic containers, put them on a white paper towel, in the shade in natural light, and take a photo in focus. That will help us determine what these are. I live in Florida. If these were found on the beach, they're probably beads or glass that has been tumbled by the...
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    Stringing Tutorial with photos: Stringing on Serafil, Beaders Secret & Power Pro

    Oh yes. I also hold the pearl and Serafil like that when going back through the pearls to try to avoid splitting the original thread with the beading needle.
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    Show Us Your Pearls In Action!!!

    lary007: Love your T's! And I JUST got off the Zoom with Hisano this minute. The Wishbone setting was too small for the Kasumi pearl. It would have looked weird. But I was already leaning towards a little h, yellow gold, round, diamond bail, because it would be the exact same shape and...
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    Show Us Your Pearls In Action!!!

    OH NOES!!! I'm doooooomed. And THANK YOU!!! Virtual meeting with Hisano today to decide how to set Hisano's favorite Kasumi pearl from the Kasumi Live Event. I'm wearing little h earrings, enhancer and tin-cup.
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    Show Us Your Pearls In Action!!!

    I e-mailed PP and asked if there were any pistachios in the next PP Live event and I was told no. Hum. I just checked the photo on Facebook. Some of those strands look pistakio-ee! I love that big blue strand and the white strand next to it. Someone put me on Ban Island, NOW. I do...
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    Any advice on stringing double strand of pearls?

    It's a bit more fiddly, but exactly the same. You just have to wait until you're done restringing both strands before doing the last few pearls to attach to the clasp. You could also try starting in the middle and working towards the clasp from both sides, to make sure the middle pearls align.
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    Stringing Tutorial with photos: Stringing on Serafil, Beaders Secret & Power Pro

    Here's how I solved my "ending the strand" problems using Serafil. Start: I cut one pearl off my old strand and thread it onto a length of Serafil 5 times the length of the final necklace. End of the thread is clipped to a hemostat. Other end of the Serafil goes through a large eye beading...
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    Show Us Your Pearls In Action!!!

    Trying a different pearl combo today. Yellow gold Mikimoto huggies. Pomme de la Mer South Sea pendant from PP. South Sea, Tahitian, and blue baroque akoya keshi tin-cup from Kojima. Terrible lighting today. Lots of thunderstorms.
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    Tahitians?

    I've had diamonds fluoresce blue before.
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    Mikimoto authenticity?

    1st strand. I've never seen that clasp before on Mikimoto pearls. 2nd strand. I've seen that design of clasp, but never in silver. I've only seen that clasp in yellow or white gold. I know Miki used to use silver clasps 50+ years ago, but it wasn't that design. I'm not saying these aren't...
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    Pearls by the Bay Livestream

    THANK YOU!!!!
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    How Identify These Pearls in my Bracelet

    They look like dyed, button shaped, freshwater pearls from China. This shape was common about 20 years ago before the Chinese started putting round beads in the center to make them round. So they are 100% pearl nacre. These are the sort of pearls I would find at bead stores. Inexpensive, but...
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