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In February, 2025, Jeremy Shepherd sent me a message here on Pearl Guide. "Would you be interested in joining a small select group for an all-expense paid trip to Japan to visit a pearl farm in Uwajima and a behind-the-scenes experience with the JPEA and the JPPS (Japan Pearl Exporters...

I just found this blog post on The Royal Watcher blog. The Paris: City of Pearls Exhibition has lots of photos showing amazing natural pearls. Scroll down to see closeups of some amazing pieces. There's one necklace that I think may be natural Sea of Cortez pearls. I especially like the sheep's...

1/2 hour long show for NHK Journeys in Japan. Ise-Shima: Timeless World of Pearls https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/2007543/ I'm not sure about the pearl beer, but the pearl necklaces are beautiful. Loved grandpa culturing the pearls.

BBC article on the new house being excavated in Pompeii. Here's the whole article. Scroll down for the photo of the pearl earrings. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15zgvnvk4do I'd wear these today.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has a recorded online pearl class that I'm thinking of taking. It's 45 GBP, and you have a year to watch it. They have a bunch of other interesting classes on textiles and art, as well. https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/YzwkrJrkBm/l24001-pearls-on-demand

Mikimoto apparently has a Halloween collection. It's tacky. OK. The bat brooch on the right is cute. But no way am I paying >$5K for a coffin pendant with diamond floor sweepings and NO PEARL (thanks for noticing that, StarryPearl!). https://www.mikimotoamerica.com/us_en/mikimoto-halloween

Astronomer hubby Greg just showed me this article. https://spaceweather.com/ Scroll down today (Monday, 6-May-2024) to the Solar Eclipse Tahitian pearl. Since the article may roll off the page as more articles are posted, I'll copy it here. TAHITIAN BLACK SOLAR ECLIPSE PEARL: It came from...

Every so often someone posts asking about some obscure brand of pearls, so I thought I'd share info I have on Sakura brand pearls. Here's the appraisal I found for my Aunt Love's Blue Lagoon strand of pearls. The strand has the typical Blue Lagoon clasp and came in a Blue Lagoon box. They...

Do these look like naturals to you? The price is almost too good to be true. https://www.langantiques.com/art-deco-natural-pearl-necklace-with-diamond-clasp-gia.html

This afternoon I got into the car after doing grocery shopping and my Kamoka ring was missing the pearl. Luckily I found the pearl one second later in the door handle of the car. Whew! Is this something I can fix myself? If so, what sort of glue do you recommend, and how best to apply...

I thought I'd start a thread comparing similar types of pearls. Here are some of my white pearls. In shadow and then in sunlight. From top to bottom: My very first rope of akoyas, bought in 1982 and worn almost daily. Still look good. Very big, baroque, freshwaters from Kojima. This are...

I hope this link works. Bollywood mega-stars Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor wed in intimate Mumbai ceremony https://www.cnn.com/style/article/alia-bhatt-ranbir-kapoor-wedding-intl-scli/index.html In case the link didn't work, here's a photo.

Well, what did you buy on Black Friday 2021? I've been eyeing this Kojima pendant for a long time. I couldn't resist 25% off for Black Friday. I hope I like it in person. https://kojimapearl.com/products/delicious-plum-chinese-freshwater-drop-pearl-pendant

Queen Maxima of the Netherlands wore some gorgeous pearl earrings during her visit to Germany this week. I love these peridot and freshwater pearl earrings. I wonder if they could be worn upside down, like climbers. And I also love these Gold and White South Sea drop earrings.

I know they were probably faux pearls, but I loved Amanda Gorman's pearl tiara at the Super Bowl. I know everyone else is talking about her coat, but I couldn't take my eyes off her head. She's so beautiful.

I want Kamala Harris' pearls. No politics. I just like the pearls.

On the Lilibet's Handbag blog, one of the members went to the Chaumet En Majeste Exposition at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco and saw the Leuchtenberg double-strand pearl necklace up close. It's breathtaking. Photos...

Marie Antoinette's massive natural drop pearl sells for $36 million https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pearl-pendant-marie-antoinette-record-sothebys-auction-today-2018-11-14/

Today is Pearl Harbor Day. Does anyone know where it got it's name. Not the day, the harbor. I was only able to find this little bit of info on my Google search: Called Pu'uloa, meaning "long hill," or Wai Momi, literally, "water of pearl," by early Hawaiians, Pearl Harbor, so named...

I'm not sure I've ever seen this addressed here. How are teardrop shaped pearls cultured? I know the baroque ones are probably grown when a round nucleus doesn't get covered evenly, and ends up pointier on one end. But how are the perfectly shaped teardrop pearls cultured? Do they implant a...