[Hyun-Yoon Yoon]

Hi!

Today I saw the link : http://www.gia.edu/gemsandgemology/1...cle_detail.cfm

that is written by Doug Fiske and Jeremy Shepherd.

I did not yet read it and will order it.


Hyun-Yoon Yoon
Pearl House

[Caitlin]

Hi Hyun-Yoon Yoon

Thanks for the tip.

Now Jeremy are you going to post a copy?

[CortezPearls]

Did I read that correctly???

Coin-Nucleated/Round-Nucleated ??? Meaning tha some FWPs are beaded/nucleated just like all Marine Cultured Pearls???

I tought that GIA's Ken Scarrath had dismissed this idea some years ago when Antoinette Matlins and a group of others had stated this.

Jeremy, would you please clarify this? Thank You!

[Caitlin]

That was several years ago. I don't think this is widespread yet, but I eagerly await Jeremy's word.

[jshepherd]

Scarratt was right in his dismissal, and Matlins was wrong in her assertions. But there is something going on.

I am in Sorrento Italy, but will be back in LA next week. I have already sent an email to the GIA regarding the actual publish date of G&G. This is when I can publish another version of the same story here. The G&G article is about 8 pages...

[CortezPearls]

Thanks Jeremy,

I guess we will have to wait a bit longer then to get this information...but I would like to share this photo (sent to me by a friend) of a coin shaped FWP that cracked and revealed something interesting.

Since I never had the pearl for close inspection I cannot pursue a true statement about its origins...but nevertheless, it "looks like a Duck".

[jshepherd]

Great photo of a peeling coin pearl. The coin pearls are universally bead nucleated. They don't cause the same difficulty as they easily slip into the mantle, whereas a bead would not.

Quick update on the article. It is not out yet. G&G simply published an abstract. They have asked me not to publish here until the end of August.