The luster is great on some of those potato pearls. How would someone who collects pearls around the Sea of Cortez where you collect, find one of those?
(I hope you weren't told they were natural pearls from the Easter Islands or something like that! ja, ja.)
And thank you again for sharing a precious record of your pearly finds! That last abo pearl seemed dark. Any other photos? Have you ever heard of anyone pealing abalone nacre? Think there could be something better under the first layer?