[Jewelry making - Article 00760] - Re: [Orchid] Working with South Sea's Pearls

[Thomas Janstrom]

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Hi Daniel,

    It may be that for you, but to me it's a beautiful pearl and mother
    of pearl shell. A lot of the stones I work with are not all that
    expensive to buy loose or as rough, but when used in a finished piece
    of jewellery it's a whole nother story, so even if this mabe pearl is
    only worth a few bucks, when I set it in 18K palladium white gold
    with some accent diamonds etc. (as an example) well I'm sure you get
    the idea. 

    On the make up of it, I know the provenance of this shell in quite
    some detail, and if I (or you) need more info I'm sure I could even
    get you the lagoon/reef from which it was collected. To be honest I
    don't actually care all that much if it's cultured or not (see above
    for reasoning) I just really want to do the "stone" justice when I
    come to set it, as I do with every stone I have ever set. 

    Cheers, Thomas.
    Janstrom Designs.

    PS. Please don't take this the wrong way, I just can't think of any
    better words to use in the above, I'm not angry or offended by your
    comments in the least, it's all information to me, which I asked for,
    so I thank you!
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