Pearl Guide

Pearl Guide Forum Member, Kelluvpearls, made a visit to Fiji Savusavu to visit Fiji Pearls and created a thread to document her trip. To our delight, Justin Hunter of Fiji Pearls, joined the forum and shared a wealth of information on her thread.

Follow along as Justin describes pearl farming in Fiji through photographs and descriptions (taken from many of his Pearl-Guide posts):



Our shells - where the magic starts.
Our oyster is a different sub species then what is used in Tahiti. Much...

Brenda Smith creates bold and beautiful pearl designs. Everyone loved seeing her glamorous Celebration earrings in the CPAA Awards display, so I felt lucky to find her in the design center of AGTA Tucson.

This necklace was unexpected and so much fun. An unusual pearl deserves unusual treatment!


Notice the tiny akoya keshi outlining the piece - a dainty contrast to the black lace.

And this necklace was a stunning use of freshwater cultured pearls and diamonds.


Actress Ella Thomas shows...

You can't see her lovely face, but I'm sure that she makes all her pearls glow, and not the other way around!



Enjoy.

Blaire Beavers
Managing Editor
Pearl Guide News

Seen on Sarah Canizzaro of Kojima Pearl Company at the Pearl Guide Ruckus this summer - super long and fun pearl earrings we love!



Designed by Anna Von Hellens.

Enjoy!

Blaire Beavers
Managing Editor
Pearl Guide News

Not everyone has a gemological microscope to have a closer look at the drill hole of a pearl to see if it says anything about its validity. That is why it's a great idea to own a 10 power loupe so you can magnify pearls in low tech.

Here is a typical artificial pearl under a microscope. Without magnification, it looks pretty good, but zoom in and you can see that the smooth surface is disrupted near the drill hole.



A real pearl has structure to the nacre that causes it to fracture under...

Douglas McLaurin is featured in a wonderful little article in Terranea Life online magazine written by Lynn Morgan.

See it HERE.



Enjoy!

Blaire Beavers
Managing Editor
Pearl Guide News