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Apropos of the season, here are a couple of photos of a manger made out of Mother of Pearl. Old. From Palenstine.

Does anyone know if pearl farming was ever attempted in the Maldive Islands? I was there last week and marveled at all the atolls, lagoons and and beautiful turquoise water. I asked a few people who knew about the economic development of the Maldives and they were not aware of any pearling...

Today is Olivia de Havilland's 98th birthday! On the left she's Melanie Hamilton from Gone With the Wind in 1939. On the right she's ravishing in those pearls! Do you think they are real?

My daughter got married last weekend and just look at what we are both wearing - metallic freshwaters. Don't we just glow?! All these happen to be from PP. I bought my stunning necklace at last year's Ruckus. The torsade was a PP special late last year. The torsade is actually mine too, but...

Aloha! I am so pleased with my beautiful Tahitian ring. This is a Kamoka pearl from Josh and it was set by Sarah at Kojima. This is just like the ring Sarah has on her website except the pearl is a little bigger at 11.2 mm and she fashioned a protective cup that the pearl sits in. The pearl has...

Has anybody heard or or seen Zhan Weijian's Edison pearls? http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/nyt/20110802_Pearls_finer_but_still_cheap_flow_from_China.html

I have gone earring-less most of my life but two days ago I took the plunge and got my ears pierced. I will spend the next six weeks daydreaming about the pearl earrings I'm going to buy. Please tell me about your favorite styles - posts, dangles, lever back, hoops - etc. things to be careful...

I just ran across this after reading about Passports With Purpose in the New York Times. For each $10 donation - which will be used to build a school in Cambodia - the donor can enter to win a prize donated by the sponsor of a travel blogger. http://www.passportswithpurpose.com/donate.html...

I'm looking for a discussion on how the ethical pearl consumer should react to the crisis in Tahitian pearl production - the Perfect Storm Josh and Marama described in the quotes below: What's the right thing for a Tahitian pearl lover to do? Wait to see if Tahitian pearl dumping will...

My secret Valentine is ... ME! After a year of lurking, looking and learning on P-G, I'm jumping in with my first post. A year ago my heart was zapped by a gorgeous multicolor pearl necklace in a B&M store. Long story there, but the short version is I found my way to Pearl-Guide and other...