Guess?

[jshepherd]

Another fun strand. Any ideas? It is about 8-11mm... completely untreated, even a telltale bit of shell smell left...

 

[Valeria101]

Mexican, 'Cortez' pearls by any chance?

 

[jshepherd]

Mexican, 'Cortez' pearls by any chance?

Not from Mexico...

Anyone else?

 

[Casey.R]

I have no idea but I'm in love with the color. They look almost blue.
I think Valeria might be right.

 

[Casey.R]

Oh. Well they look like light tahitians but that would be too obvious so I'm going to guess some sort of freshwaters even though I haven't seen them in that color before. What about baroque akoyas in a weird color?

Oh but they are too big to be akoyas. I give up.

 

[jshepherd]

Oh but they are too big to be akoyas. I give up.

You would think...

They are natural color, baroque Akoya. They are from Xuwen Pearl Paradise, our farm in Xuwen. They have uber-thick nacre as you can tell (much thicker than anything coming out of Japan), and the color is completely natural. It is a little difficult to make out in the photo, but they have really intense orient as well.

This is just a "maybe" line. That is the entire concept of the farm - bringing back the true beauty of Akoya. I matched this strand last weekend just to see how it would turn out...

 

[Sueki]

Another "Wow !!"
Good Heavens, they are beautiful.

 

[Casey.R]

The only reason I thought maybe ayokas was because of the color. I've seen silvery blue before... Interesting in that size though.
I know as a consumer I'd be interested to see a line like that.
Beautiful!

 

[Raisondetre]

Man, they look almost like SSP if not for the thick nacre and color! Not fair, you get all the fun stuff.

 

[jshepherd]

They do indeed look a lot like South Sea. But they have the luster of Akoya...

 

[Valeria101]

Odd that the round white stuff would have 'evolved' out of these...

The pearls looked to plump for familiar akoya - not an easy guess.

 

[Raisondetre]

They do indeed look a lot like South Sea. But they have the luster of Akoya...

Best of both worlds, then? Just amazing. Don't you sleep at all?

 

[jshepherd]

Don't you sleep at all?

Tuesdays and Sundays! I guess I am fortunate to be completely unaffected by jetlag.

 

[Raisondetre]

BTW, how thick is the nacre?

 

[Mandy]

Oh! I see rainbows in some of those pearls! They're gorgeous, Jeremy, and if this is only a "maybe" then I'd definitely would grab a strand if they become available. I bet it was fun putting it together

You're right about the nacre being thicker than the usual Akoya; they look so yummy!

 

[Caitlin]

Those are a nice color. I see orient.

I would love to see/own a few keshis from these guys.

This experiment is doing rather well don't you think? I am sure it will pay off in education and in profits too. You are really getting some great video too; it opens our windows to China to see the processes and sitting in the kitchen(?) for tea... It takes the GIA to new heights, doesn'r it?

BTW how is being a waystation for Strack's book doing?

 

[Satine De La Courcel]

Another georgous strand to tease us with.. what are we gals to do! ..

Seriously they are another YUMMY strand. I Love teh colorings and the Drop shapes of these in particular.

Thanks for showing us all you new found treasures... You really have an eye for beauty!

Cheers

Ash

 

[youngster]

Wow. Just Wow. I love them. I love the color, the shape, everything.

 

[mikehrz]

I'd been looking forward to seeing the results of the thicker-nacred akoya harvest. I would never have expected something like this! Amazing. Perhaps freshadamas will no longer be king of the pearl hill?

 

[salem]

I join Mandy, I would snap up a strand too. Of course, I love Akoyas, so no real shocker. But hearing about the thicker nacre always ups the desirability factor. Beautiful shot.