Pearl Guide

Magnificent -- yet fun -- this Tahitian pearl necklace looks like it was scooped out of a bowl of hard candies. Utopia has a special knack for mixing large gems with pearls from the South Sea. This treasure shows exactly why Utopia has made their design mark in the jewelry world.





This necklace was one of many beautiful Utopia jewels displayed at the Couture Show in Las Vegas. As I have said before, the opening video on their web page is worth the visit, but you'll want to see more...

Another charming use of unusual South Sea cultured pearls - a squirrel!



Emiko Pearls International never runs out of creative ideas for their stunning pearl jewelry. This brooch design joins a distinctive group of Emiko Pearls of the Week, which you can see here and here.

www.emikopearls.com

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This lovely necklace was featured in the design competition at the Couture show in Las Vegas this year, where I captured it to share with our aficionados of pearl jewelry. It has also been featured in an article in the Italian FEM / Emotion Fashion Magazine, October 2014 Editorial. The artist, Massimo Izzo, is incredibly talented. I hope we see more pearls from him in the future.



Enjoy the website www.massimoizzo.com
And on Facebook: Massimo Izzo Jeweler

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Elyria Jewels has a thing for pearls. I could see it immediately at the AGTA show in Tucson early this year. Elyria is the definition of the phrase "Not your Grandmother's pearls", that is, unless Grandma is a hipster!


Moonstone was made to go with pearls.


Darkly organic and appealing Tahitian pearls.

And their Cat Street collection includes some pieces with abalone pearls.


Enjoy more at www.elyriajewels.com

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Federico Barlocher is an adventurous international dealer in fine gems and mineral specimens, but I like to think of him as the Melo Man. No one has more lovely Melo Melo pearls than Federico Barlocher.


This amazing pearl has everything ? strong color and a ?ring of fire? flame pattern in combination with a semi-transparent center that displays beautiful plumes. Although these natural pearls are very rare, they occasionally can be very large and round.

More unusual, is a matched pair...

Kamoka Pearl is a darling of the Pearl Guide Forum for many reasons:

1) Sustainably and responsibly farmed pearls.
2) Charming and intelligent owner-operators and staff.
3) World-class pearl farm and ocean surf photos, shared freely.
4) Some of the finest and brightest Tahitian pearls in the world.
Best of all...
5) You can feel their passion.



Here is a photo from their website of some darling pendants. There is no need for fancy settings when the pearls are colorful works of nature's...