effisk
10-19-2008, 02:41 PM
A project undertaken by the OCEANIS research team in French Polynesia aims at developing a certification for the Tahitian pearls (something a bit similar to Champagne, some sort of AOC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appellation_d%E2%80%99origine_contr%C3%B4l%C3%A9e) ).
This would be made technically possible with a mineral tracer (no radioactive stuff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopus_(nuclear_test)) :D ), making it possible to tell apart pearls from French polynesia from P. margaritifera pearls from other origins (x-rays).
Another developement aims at improving the retention of the nucleus and the overall pearl quality. Two prophylactic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophylaxis) processes (that I'm unable to describe in English) will allow for a more uniform formation of the pearl sac thus producing rounder and cleaner pearls.
If you want to know more about this, go here (http://perles.effisk.net/?392-innovation-perliculture) and there (http://perles.effisk.net/?410-certification-internationale-perle) and don't forget your French-to-English phrasebook ;)
This would be made technically possible with a mineral tracer (no radioactive stuff (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopus_(nuclear_test)) :D ), making it possible to tell apart pearls from French polynesia from P. margaritifera pearls from other origins (x-rays).
Another developement aims at improving the retention of the nucleus and the overall pearl quality. Two prophylactic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophylaxis) processes (that I'm unable to describe in English) will allow for a more uniform formation of the pearl sac thus producing rounder and cleaner pearls.
If you want to know more about this, go here (http://perles.effisk.net/?392-innovation-perliculture) and there (http://perles.effisk.net/?410-certification-internationale-perle) and don't forget your French-to-English phrasebook ;)