Pearly-Whites, love your drop earrings!
MSC, that GSSP set is drop dead gorgeous.
Kalmen22, you put together the brightest, most colourful outfits with perfect pearl pairings!
JerseyPearl, that octopus is super cool!
I wanted to share my freshwater 8.5-9mm studs that I got recently from a Chinese seller on Etsy--one of those listings with multiple pairs in the same photo, then I had her set the earrings on 14k gold backs for me.
In the listing photo, this pair looked like it was light champagne with strong rose overtones.
In person, it's silvery lilac, and looks golden in some lighting, and some of the pink comes out in shaded lighting. The lustre is almost metallic, but more of a brushed-metallic rather than your super shiny metallic. Really cool colour.
I got a few other pairs of brushed metallic-looking pearls as well from the same seller, but they're a bit small (around 6 mm). I like them and will keep them, but I've decided that I like the 9 mm and up sizes the best!