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Indonesian South Sea Keshi on a Lazy Sunday
- Published: 05-26-2019, 06:22 PM
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Indonesian South Sea Keshi on a Lazy Sunday
Carolyn Ehret operates Ehret Design Gallery on eBay, a favorite of our members, and myself! If you find yourself having to wait for a car repair or a delayed appointment, I can practically guarantee that the time will fly by while you look at the fun items on her site. Of course, looking can be dangerous to your pocketbook. This is also a great place to find a few gems to add to a necklace or earrings--or just to source beautiful and unusual pearls. I had Carolyn add gold spacer beads and finding...
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Once in a Lifetime: The Sinkankas Symposium on PEARLS!
- Published: 04-01-2019, 12:51 AM
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Once in a Lifetime: The Sinkankas Symposium on PEARLS!
Dear Pearl Friends,
If you will be in Southern California on April 27th, you will want to attend the 16th Annual Sinkankas Symposium on Pearls! It's an all-day event at the Carlsbad campus of the Gemological Institute of America.
The Sinkankas Symposium honors John Sinkankas, a legendary gemologist and scholar, with an annual Symposium on a different gem topic each year. Now Pearls get their turn in the spotlight. Speakers include: ... -
Tiny Tahitian Pearls are Starting to Get Big!
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jshepherd
- Published: 03-01-2019, 10:13 PM
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Tiny Tahitian Pearls are Starting to Get Big!
I love Tahitian pearls. I love their colors. I love their shapes. I love the beauty of the environment where they're grown. They just make me happy. I know ... all special pearls make me happy, but there is an extra-special allure with Tahitian pearls. It's better experienced than explained. I know many of you get that. Pearl farmers understand this. Theirs is a business of passion, focusing on the creation of perfection, following traditional methods that are repeated throughout French Polynesia. ...
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J Hunter Pearls: Ocean, People, Culture
- Published: 01-14-2019, 03:24 AM
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J Hunter Pearls: Ocean, People, Culture
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Pearls Play a Starring Role in AGTA Seminars
- Published: 12-14-2018, 11:54 PM
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Pearls Play a Starring Role in AGTA Seminars
The American Gem Trade Association's Tucson Gemfair has an outstanding lineup of seminars for next year's show. Of particular interest to Pearl Guide readers is the participation of three stellar pearl experts: Betty Sue King, Gina Latandresse and Elisabeth Strack. Betty Sue King is presenting a timely seminar about the effects of global warming on pearls, mollusks, and the people whose lives are immersed in pearl culturing and production. I can unreservedly recommend this presentation, having expe...
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Pearls Make Me Feel Beautiful
- Published: 12-10-2018, 12:45 AM
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Pearls Make Me Feel Beautiful
Looking through photos from this summer, I noticed that all the photos where I am wearing pearls are the ones where I am joyous and glowing. Could there be a transfer of radiance from the pearls to the wearer? Can pearls fill the soul with visible happiness? I'm not sure, but I love my self-purchase of pearls from little h beyond measure.
Happy Blaire, followed by closeups of the pearls...
Non-glam photos, but nothing shows color like a white paper towel!
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The Winners! The 9th Annual International Pearl Design Competition
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jshepherd
- Published: 11-09-2018, 05:57 PM
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The Winners! The 9th Annual International Pearl Design Competition
New York, NY – Nov. 2018 The Cultured Pearl Association of America (CPAA) has announced the U.S. winners of its 9th Annual International Pearl Design Competition (IPDC).
On Tuesday, Oct. 30, judges Tara Silberberg of The Clay Pot in Brooklyn and New York City, Editor and Brand Consultant Cheryl Kremkow, and Jean Francois Bibet, workshop and production director at Cartier, inspected 33 finalist pieces (finished jewels) at a private location in the city. By the end of the day, six winners had... -
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Pink Pearl Fantasy - Karen Suen
- Published: 10-22-2018, 12:11 AM
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Pink Pearl Fantasy - Karen Suen
Karen Suen's eye for color will steal your heart. You will need to visit the collection on her website to see the finest use of clam pearl, conch pearl, opals and diamonds in a ring that I have ever seen. Searching through the jewelry images was a review of some of the finest gemstones in the world, including an enormous padparadscha sapphire and dazzling jade. I found out about Karen Suen at the Couture Show Awards competition. Although the lighting made photo opportunities difficult this year, ...
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This is Not a Pearl
- Published: 10-20-2018, 10:10 PM
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This is Not a Pearl
This is not a pearl.
The giant clam, Tridacna gigas, is under attack. The rumor mill never rests on the subject of giant clam “pearls”. They are supposed to be worth millions, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars. Clam pearls, technically calcareous concretions, do exist. Good clam pearls most often come from Tridacna squamosa, the giant fluted clam, although they can be found in Tridacna gigas. The Tridacna squamosa is much smaller than Tridacna gigas, whose enormous s... -
Chris Davies - Pearls with Granulation
- Published: 10-14-2018, 04:09 PM
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Chris Davies - Pearls with Granulation
Chris Davies is all about style, texture and easy elegance. His signature beaded granulation gives his work a fluid aspect that works especially well with pearls, as you will see in this wonderful example selected for our Pearls of the Week from the Couture Show in Las Vegas.
Purple is definitely the color of majesty.
The fine detail.
The sumptuous full view.
Chris was featured in our Pearl Guide News ...
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Pearl-Guide.com invited forum member & sustainable pearl farmer Josh Humbert of Kamoka Pearls fame to a "Walk and Talk" Zoom event this past Saturday 10th, 2021.
Josh -and wife Celeste Brash- took some time from his busy schedule with the pearl seeding season at his farm in Ahe, French Polynesia, to share information about their 2021 pearl harvest (48% rounds, wow!), his farming operation, pearl characteristics of this year's harvest and much more!
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by CortezPearlsThe arrival of the Iberian Conquerors
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by CortezPearlsHello dear Pearl-Guide.com Forum Members: With spring comes renewed energies and pulses, the recent system upgrade also allows me to start adding up content that we believe is necessary to keep the forum growing and renewed, making it the #1 Source for Pearl information on the World-Wide-Web for years to come. I had this idea of a column years ago, when I still published "The Sea of Cortez Peal Blog", which went "black" after a massive Russian hacker attack (the importance of updating your system...
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by CortezPearls
Dallas. March 18, 2021. The American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) has announced that it will produce two shows for 2021. These include the AGTA GemFair Las Vegas show, which will take place Aug. 24–26, 2021, at the Encore at Wynn Resort, and the new AGTA GemFair Denver, slated for Sept. 18–21, 2021, in conjunction with the Hard Rock Summit (HRS).
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by CortezPearlsA review: The History of Pearls in the Gulf of California, Mexico
By Douglas McLaurin-Moreno
Since unrecorded time, man has obtained many bounties from the world’s oceans: food, shells, corals, sponges, seaweeds, and the most desirable of all of these were the beautiful mother-pf-pearl shells and their valuable treasure, Pearls.
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