
Originally Posted by
DFrey
Here are a couple of photos from my recent trip to China and Zhuji City to purchase pearls. These photos were taken at a pearl farm owned by the company that I visited in Zhuji. The first one is of the pond that the mussels are living in with myself and my wife with one of the managers of the farm going out to get a few mussels. Its hard to see but our knuckles are slightly white from our grip on the side of the flat bottom boat. The second is of a mussel and the pearls that I found in this single mussel. I believe this pond will be harvested in 2008.
Dfrey