kelluvpearls
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I visited Fiji Savusavu in August, we had a wonderful time there, one of the best holiday ever. A big thank you to Justin and Leanne Hunter who took a lot time and too us on a tour of the hatchery, the farm and showed us their latest harvest. Justin told us many interesting stories about their pearls, pearl farming and industry tidbits.
I was a bit overwhelmed with indecisiveness trying to pick a couple of beautiful pearls, too many different colours to choose from and not enough real life pearl buying experience. I want a colour unique and representative to Fiji J Hunter pearl. I picked up a pendant, a bronze colour that reminded me of antique Chinese bronze, I asked Leanne for her expert opinion, she commented the pearl has crazy colours (sounds good so far), then she chose another pearl with some blemishes but with a similar gorgeous colour appropriate for a ring, lastly I picked up a chocolate keshi with strong lavender overtones for another ring. I am now lamenting over the bright pastel pistachio that I passed up on.
Based on this experience and to get more out of the visit, I definitely need to increase my understanding on pearl grading, types, develop a 'pearl eye' so I could pick out beautiful pearls. The best way to learn more is seeing and touching many more pearls in person.
Apart from acquiring a few gorgeous pearls from the visit, I developed a deeper appreciation for pearls, especially the Fiji pearls, and the process of learning the difference between Tahitian and Fiji pearl colours, from confusion to a better understanding of the difference between the two.
Thank you to Jeremy for putting me in contact with Justin, we definitely learned and saw a lot more about Fiji pearls because of you.
Here're some photos of the pearls, my photos aren't the best but it was a lot of fun putting together the collage series for my fellow Pearl Guide buddies.
I was a bit overwhelmed with indecisiveness trying to pick a couple of beautiful pearls, too many different colours to choose from and not enough real life pearl buying experience. I want a colour unique and representative to Fiji J Hunter pearl. I picked up a pendant, a bronze colour that reminded me of antique Chinese bronze, I asked Leanne for her expert opinion, she commented the pearl has crazy colours (sounds good so far), then she chose another pearl with some blemishes but with a similar gorgeous colour appropriate for a ring, lastly I picked up a chocolate keshi with strong lavender overtones for another ring. I am now lamenting over the bright pastel pistachio that I passed up on.
Based on this experience and to get more out of the visit, I definitely need to increase my understanding on pearl grading, types, develop a 'pearl eye' so I could pick out beautiful pearls. The best way to learn more is seeing and touching many more pearls in person.
Apart from acquiring a few gorgeous pearls from the visit, I developed a deeper appreciation for pearls, especially the Fiji pearls, and the process of learning the difference between Tahitian and Fiji pearl colours, from confusion to a better understanding of the difference between the two.
Thank you to Jeremy for putting me in contact with Justin, we definitely learned and saw a lot more about Fiji pearls because of you.
Here're some photos of the pearls, my photos aren't the best but it was a lot of fun putting together the collage series for my fellow Pearl Guide buddies.
