Pearl Education (Warning: Somewhat of a Rant)

[dreamdoll]

Those are gorgeous!!

 

[ms piggy]

FlgirlFM love those drop earrings!

 

[Japster]

Japster! What do you call the colours of the individual pearls of the first strand (the one that is pastel multi-coloured)?

There are light pistachio, silver-light sky blue, and light aubergine in that strand. And yep the colors are totally natural.

Here is another view of the other strand too- some of this color is in that multi-strand.

 

[Euridice]

this is the one - http://www.thepearloutlet.com/servlet/ProductView?commodityID=33576&command=cp&supplierID=490

thanks!!

 

[FlgirlFM]

Japster, Those are truly fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[chpwhy]

Looks good on you FLgirFM, but i just feel wierd wearing big pearls..

 

[Euridice]

amazing!! So pretty!! I haven't made it through this whole thread yet (that's one of my weekend projects, who needs books!!) but had to comment. I looked on teh website but just saw a rope of akoya pearls....didn't see anything like this under freshwater pearls. Am I looking in the wrong place?? I have got to put these on my to-do list....for when I'm a bit more financially solvent than right now, lol!!

thanks again, mine are on their way to me!

 

[callire]

Confession: Does anyone else find themselves e-stalking Jasper's June sale page? I just keep thinking of the 50% off code....

 

[FlgirlFM]

*ahem*....every single day....

Confession: Does anyone else find themselves e-stalking Jasper's June sale page? I just keep thinking of the 50% off code....

 

[geminisparklers]

^ I don't DARE to look at all!!!

 

[kashmira]

There are light pistachio, silver-light sky blue, and light aubergine in that strand. And yep the colors are totally natural.

Thanks Japster!

 

[cookie888]

Has anyone from the UK bought any pearls from the pearl outlet? Need to know about the custom charges etc

 

[callire]

*ahem*....every single day....

Yeaah... It's not good for me! They're so pretty though. I think I'll just live vicariously through everyone else's purchases!

 

[keodi]

The nacre thickness has to do with culturing time - some of the farmers have been practicing "short culturing" to compete with the vast amount of other farmers, which has lead to the paper thin nacre coatings.

The water environment also has a slight effect on the thickness too. For example, the warmer waters in Vietnam speed up Nacre accumulation and have lead to the thicker nacre seen in the Vietnamese Akoya pearls.

PS. I'm pretty sure that Jeremy carries the Vietnamese Akoyas- if not I'm almost positive that his brother Terry does (TPO).

I have learned sooo much about pearls and now I know what kind, colour, and grade of pearls that I want! from this thread it's definately a great education resource for someone like me who knew nothing about pearls..thanks for sharing that info Japster! do you carry vietnamese akoyas?

 

[callire]

Sidenote: How do people feel about ****** pearls? (Image stolen from druzydesigns) I was looking for a bracelet and initially, these did nothing for me, but maybe this is something that has to grow on you? On the bright side, it would be easy to match these with just about anything.