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I think it is more along the lines of assistance: http://www.jewellerynewsasia.com/en/most_view/9299/Bahrain-GIA-sign-MOU-to-develop-pearl-centre.html

Try searching for the names "Gem and Pearl Testing Laboratory" + "Stephen Kennedy". I don't have his new address but it is somewhere in Kirby Street off Hatton Garden in London. Directory enquiries should be able to help. Good luck!

Maybe this is the case in Doha, can't really comment accurately as not familiar with the place, but a short trip to Bahrain would take care of that problem. Sure you have to be careful like everywhere these days but there are a few natural pearl dealers there like Al-Mahmood Pearls, Ebrahim...

You should check out the museums like this one: http://www.mia.org.qa/english/#home The Baroda Carpet and other Islamic treasures have all found their way to Doha recently.

I think you will find that you pay the same price for one, two or three pearls (so 3 pearls would be best). Once you go above three you reach another category or price tier. See here: http://www.gia.edu/lab-reports-services/fees_payment/lab_fees/LAB_feeschedule_Pearl_1210_THB.pdf Since the...

Second attempt at posting ...... I don't think the poster you refer to Caitlin was from Al-Hasimi Pearls. The owner of that company is Indian and the lady you mention was Bahraini and her family was an old Bahraini name in the world of pearls, Al Mattar if memory serves me correctly. So perhaps...

Would be very interesting to see those reports. Never knew Melo pearls could form as "non-nucleated"! Beads were once rumoured but never proven so this is an even more interesting angle!

Since nobody has replied yet I thought I would have a go at providing a possible contact. There is a lady called Kari Anderson who believe has some experience in this area. Her website is: http://www.karipearls.com/ Hope that helps.

Thanks JBazar. Good to clear that up. Those advertisements really confuse the issue & deflect the items true value. Would be interesting to test the pearls and see their structures if one could. Guess that isn't really possible in their mounted state. Agree that the pendant is also very...

Very nice piece. However, I am confused by the conflicting descriptions given by the original poster and the "cuttings" describing it. In the original post we are told they are "natural" pearls and in some of the text "cultured pearls". So which is it? From the values given and original cuttings...

I think you will have tp provide a better quality image or two if anyone is going to be able to help you Kathy. Some close-up shots of the pearls as well as the whole necklace in focus would be best. Hope that helps get things moving for you. It is difficult to tell what you have at the moment.

Sounds interesting, but I doubt you will get much feedback without some good images to go with your enquiry. Any chance of seeing the pearl & shell?

Interesting information. Always good to know the possible mollusks that have been said to produce a specific pearl. Here is a link to an image of a Chicoreus axicornis PINK. http://www.conchology.be/?t=68&u=581642&g=263126c28d923fcd79d243b7126fd43f&q=a9341391a968d6281f42c2e35b0f0096 I hope links...

Yes.... He used to work at the Gem Testing Laboratory of GB when it was part of the Gemmological Association of GB (FGA), which later became known as Gem-A and for a time Steve used to work as an independent gemmologist who tested the pearls for Gem-A. He now has his own laboratory and knows a...

Thank you for the interesting feedback. Much appreciated.

LOL as you say Caitlin! Note to self: always check text before submitting quick reply. I believe that you are correct but as I said the overtones look very Pteria sterna (okay as a eant to say before the typo!) like and hence the query to be sure. I didn't see anywhere in the text that made it...

Thank you for the only reply Jeremy. I was waiting to see if anyone else had first hand information, but obviously not. Very interesting, as I believe it wasn't that long ago (1990's) that the mollusks were 100% wild. How times change.

Hi Douglas, Great photographs. Thanks for sharing them and your information. Would you just clarify exactly which mollusks produced these please, the Pinctada mazatlanica or the Pteria sterna? The overtones are very Pinctada sterna like. I would also be interested in knowing how you are certain...

Dear PG members, This query is addressed to members of the forum who have recent (1 year or so) experience with South Sea pearl culturing farms. Please would you let me know if the mollusks used to produce the cultured pearls are: 1) Entirely wild (recovered from oyster beds)? 2) Hatchery...

Perhaps there are other ways in which the Keshi pearls are formed from the one example you provide? I think further research into the ways in which Keshi are formed might be useful. As far as I am aware they do not only form by the rejection of the nuclei or collapse of the pearl sac. Damage to...