Pearl Guide

Natural Pearls Defined

Natural pearls are calcium carbonate secretions which form within mollusks without human intervention.



Natural Pearls - Accidents of Nature

Natural pearls are formed randomly and really are simple accidents of nature. When a certain type of irritant, such as a parasite, becomes lodged in the tissue of a mollusk, the animal responds by secreting a calcium carbonate substance called nacre to coat the intruder and protect the mollusk. Over a period of several...

The color pink has never been more luscious than it is here in a hand-selected strand of natural color metallic freshwater cultured pearls from Betty Sue King's King's Ransom.



Learn more about Betty Sue King at her website
www.pearlgoddess.com

And in her previous Pearls of the Week article HERE.

Blaire Beavers
Managing Editor
Pearl Guide News

Here is a charming mini-mabe' Sea of Cortez pearl necklace from Kojima Pearl Company - a great hit at the Pearl Guide Ruckus.



Modeled by lovely Cynde Newberry...



To see more Kojima, visit the website or on Facebook.

www.kojimapearl.com

Blaire Beavers
Managing Editor
Pearl Guide News

Here is a teaser of more lovely Kojima pieces to come from the Pearl Guide 2015 Ruckus.

The Pearl Guide Ruckus is a fun event for forum members to get together and share their pearls and personalities. But more on that later. Right now, here are our Pearls of the Week brought to the Ruckus by Sarah and Mounir of Kojima Pearl Company.



To see more Kojima, visit the website or on Facebook.

www.kojimapearl.com

Blaire Beavers
Managing Editor
Pearl Guide News

Once a year, if we are lucky, we get to see a full strand of round Sea of Cortez cultured pearls. If you have never seen Sea of Cortez pearls before, today is your lucky day!



From the Pteria sterna, better known as the Rainbow Lip Oyster, come the dazzlingly radiant and most colorful pearls in the world.



To visit the pearl farm is to know beauty and serenity.



Sea of Cortez pearls are available at: www.kojimapearl.com

Or you can go directly to the source:

Perlas del Mar de Cortez...

Alishan loves pearls. His distinctive style offers a wonderful textural contrast to their luster. This jewel says it all.



This Tahitian pearl dagger looks like it could have been wielded by a sorcerer.



But here it is, wielded by the master of jeweled mystery, Alishan Halebian.

More Alishan Pearls of the Week can be seen here and here.

Or on the website, www.alishanonline.com

Blaire Beavers
Managing Editor
Pearl Guide News