The Quest of the Red Pearl

I dug around in my photos and found these "red" pearls. One is a circled and the other darker one, a round.
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Hm... these are mighty gorgeous pearls! The pictures appear to show mighty strong red overtones on dark body color. Or is the base color dark red too? Not that it would makes these any less 'red pearls' unless one expects their red pearls to look like cherry tomatos! ;) Or died freshwater...

I couldn't see your pictures because of their size - the first goes out of the window. Had to download them first.

Here they are resized to fit into a window.

What a heart warming sight !

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Valeria101 said:
Douglas, are these two red pearls the same ones that appear deep purple in anther picture of fancy colors you have posted earlier on?

The picture down the link below, I mean:

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One of them at least comes from that photo you mention...that is why it looks kind of out-of-focus.
The other one (pearl I mean) is from the 2003 Harvest when we had more "fiery" colors. I don't think I had posted that one before.

But all the colors are natural...not "Photoshoped" in any way. If you do "digitally alter" the colors they look fake...and I am not really good with Photo editors. Maybe someone with the skills can do something good...not me.
 
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Josh said:
Wow Doug. Were those pearls from Rainbow Lips?
Blood of Bull. Great name too.
True blues could start a thread of their own too.
Yes Josh!
All of our Pearls are bonafide Pteria sterna cultured pearls. The Rainbow Lips are something out of the ordinary...but those pearls you have posted are really special as well...I can tell they are 100% Natural Color.

This is another example of "Reds"...once more, all-natural colors here.

BTW, I want to inform everyone that I will be "out-of-the-forum" for some months. It is not definitive (will be back next summer) of course...but our "Working Season" has begun now, the Northern winds are blowing since 2 days ago, which means I have got to go back to the farm and stay there. No more time to write, take photos...nada.

So this is not a Farewell...but a "See ya'll later". ?Hasta la Vista Amigos!
 

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Uy!
Found some more!
 

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CortezPearls said:
I have got to go back to the farm and stay there. No more time to write, take photos...nada.

So this is not a Farewell...but a "See ya'll later". ?Hasta la Vista Amigos!


Have a great season!

I'll certainly make sure to be around when you will return. Yous are such amazing pearls... Perhaps you might still consider packing the camera? ;)
 
What luscious looking pearls!! I know we will all miss you around the forum, Doug. Please hurry back to us when you can.
 
Hi Douglas,

Have a good winter! Thanks for all the pictures.:) Those pearls are just amazing.

Best wishes,
Pernula
 
Interesting question. Why couldn't they? It could happen!
 
knotty panda said:
Interesting question. Why couldn't they? It could happen!


Out of what? Non-nacreous slime?

Slraep
 
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GemGeek said:
Ha Ha Ha! That was painful. Meouch!;)


Don't worry. I have an iron jaw(you do mean me, don't you pearl-boy?). I can kick Josh's @$$ anytime and he knows it. No contest, really. He just imagines he's funny.

Slraep
 
Josh said:
Conch pearl. Wow. I wonder if garden snails make pearls?

Doubt (Helix Aspersa) snails could make pearls... because their shell repair mechanisms seems ill suited for this: the fresh shell is solely proteinaceous and calcifies later randomly, by calcium diffusion made possible by shell layers kept thin. At least, this is what my (very puzzled) colleague says. Luckily, these pests are about as researched and analyzed as the serious pearl-making bivalves!

But... did you mean 'non-nacreous = no-good' by any chance? :p

OK. If you find a better lovely word for these concretions, I will never call them 'pearls' again.
 
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