[Caitlin]

Hi pbazar
Can you invite him to Tucson next year? You come to Tucson, don't you?

Blaire
I just reread this whole thread. It is so well done, we may have to resurrect the Pearlitzer Prize for best photo essay. I bet Octavia would like that!

[Mikeyy]

I once gave a bag full of nuclei to a abalone farmer in Cayucas California. In exchange for a box full of abalone. I enjoyed my end of the deal. But I never heard about his results with the nuclei. I understand he planned to drill in to the shell and implant from the back.

[GemGeek]

Originally Posted by pbazar

Stewart Island New Zealand

Stewart Island New Zealand is the home to Eyris Blue Pearls new on land pearl farm I thought you would like to see how most of Eyris Pearls are produced. Roger will be in the US at JCK Las Vegas he will be at Imperial in the Plumb Club




for more images and video
http://www.pearls.com/news2/pp28/ste...ew_zealand.htm

Is that you with Roger? Ack! I decided not to go to JCK this year. I hate to miss seeing Roger. He likes to use my line about "lifting their skirts" when examining the mabes in progress. <sigh>

[GemGeek]

Originally Posted by Caitlin

Blaire
I just reread this whole thread. It is so well done, we may have to resurrect the Pearlitzer Prize for best photo essay. I bet Octavia would like that!

Woo Hoo, thanks!

[pbazar]

It would be difficult to get Roger to Tucson but I will ask him. If you liked The Stewart Island link try this one it goes back to when we first agreed to represent Eyris in the US.
You will see that these images are very similar to the original ones in this thread. New Zealand is a place of breath taking landscapes one will never forget and Roger’s Farm on the Banks Peninsula is incredible.
If anyone is interested in Eyris Pearls please feel free to contact me. If you would would like to receive Pearl Perspectives a monthly newsletter send me your email address

PBazar@pearls.com

http://www.pearls.com/news2/pearlperspectives17.htm

[pbazar]

This is me with Roger

[pbazar]

Originally Posted by GemGeek

Is that you with Roger? Ack! I decided not to go to JCK this year. I hate to miss seeing Roger. He likes to use my line about "lifting their skirts" when examining the mabes in progress. <sigh>

like this

[GemGeek]

I loved the Imperial-Deltah booth at Tucson! It would be terrific for Roger to go to Tucson. There's a whole different market there. Designers need to learn about Eyris Blue Pearls!

Thanks for the postings,
Blaire

[GemGeek]

Why, yes! The "lifting of the skirts"!!!

[Caitlin]

It would be terrific for Roger to go to Tucson. There's a whole different market there.

What would sell Roger on coming here? Let's see........

The Tucson Gem show is the largest in the USA-maybe in the world, plus Tucson is a much prettier city than Las Vegas. Tucson also has gambling in the Yaqui and Tohono casinos.........and Mexico is about 60 miles south...Tucson has a huge Mexican influence in the architecture and the food and in other areas.

[hacostas]

Originally Posted by GemGeek

That’s why you’ll never see a whole cultured pearl from a Paua shell...

Do you really think we'll 'never' see a whole cultured pearl from a Paua shell (or any other species of abalone)?

The Fall 1998 issue of Gems and Gemology published the article "Cultured abalone blister pearls from New Zealand". They feature mabe from a company called Empress Abalone Ltd and they also show a photo with the first attempts at culturing 'whole free-formed bead-nucleated abalone pearls'. These pearls aren't pretty but they are (or were) onto something.

I so wanted to go on this tour, maybe next time, I was (still am) really interested on the production of cultured pearls in abalone.
Hector

[GemGeek]

Yes Hector, they are working on whole pearls from abalone, although, how you can nucleate a hemophiliac, is the deep dark secret that has me scratching my head. I hope to see some output one of these days!