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I've never heard of root beer or green translucent pearls before. In the root beer pearl video, you point out a "small knobby". Do akoya oysters get those, too? One of my 1970s Sea World pearls has a hard silvery substance "stuck" to it; maybe it formed on the shell like that?

Thanks, JerseyPearl. Grandpa was a rock hound; he cut, polished and set stones he either found or purchased as gifts for family and friends. When I was in grade school, we went rockhounding with him to a spot he knew way out in the boonies in the desert, specifically for jasper, but other...

Please forgive my non-pearly post, but I thought perhaps those here who make their own jewelry might have experience with this. I've got a bit of Leavirite Jasper I picked up in the desert and I thought I'd use it to practice wire wrapping. "Leavirite" was Grandpa's classifying terminology for...

PD, I agree, definitely white. I was thinking silver white but maybe blue white would work, and I want them smaller and immediately on either side of wherever amethyst appears in the tin cup. I think...

Katbran, are you directing this to me? If so, I apologize if I caused confusion. I've been going through old posts studying and, seeing these, realize what it is I eventually want. They aren't mine and I've not been in touch with the owner. What are "Pattye's steps"?

Thanks, Cathy. Not sure what shape of amethyst...must investigate possibilities! :)

I came across these during the course of my "studies" here a few days back and they've been with me since; had to come ogle again today. :) Finished page 30 of the "What have I got?" thread today; quite a resource you folks have here! Sometimes I even ID correctly! Went back through that...

Well, this post has put me directly in touch with my inner Gollum!

She doesn't use liquid soap, but I'll let her know. Thanks for the info. My sensitivity isn't as severe as hers, so maybe I'll wash it in liquid hand soap for her; it does have a bit of grime.

Don't have a jeweler's loop but was looking at my silver Sea World pearl through a cheap magnifying glass and was able to get an idea of the smooth texture of the surface. It's got a few flaws, of course, but is mostly smooth. My larger white one has lots of flaws all over it but they don't...

Thanks, PD, for sharing the imitation thread. Whoa! In some of the comparison shots, I can see the difference, others I just can't. The real peach strand with the two pairs of peach earring fakies I definitely get and it highlights what I was already beginning to pick up, in that the...

Thank you, JerseyPearl, for the warm welcome. :) Have been digging through the old "help me identify" posts and just came upon one where I said to myself, "Oh, these are imitation; they're going to say these are imitation.", and I was right! Baby steps, yay! Do you folks happen to know the...

Thank you, all, for the additional info. Mom would prefer genuine white pearls, I think, but she says she likes this golden imitation strand and "claimed them", along with a few other costume items from the found box. We'll see if she wears them. :) Still no luck finding a maker's mark of...

Thank you so much, Pearl Dreams and GemGeek, for taking the time to look these over. They were a fun find, even being imitation, and I've discovered a valuable resource here and learned quite a bit. :) Took advice I read here in the forum and used a dampened cloth on my loose Sea World pearls...

Hello, everyone. Very glad to have found this site. Have learned quite a bit through reading here about pearls and their proper care (and how inadvertently wrongly my childhood Sea World pearls had been stored for years), but I post now to ask for help identifying an old string of possibly...