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Mike Rivers and I just came back from Indonesia where we were working with some of the pearl producers there. I thought you would like to see one of the farms in Bali. https://picasaweb.google.com/102841002367923085312/BaliIndonesiaPearlFarm?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCJnCtfSAtITvKQ&feat=directlink

We have an opportunity for the right person. We are working with a TV shopping Chanel that wants to build it's pearl category. So far we have not been able to find the right person with knowledge and the ability to communicate their enthusiasm to a TV audience. Since this forum is full of...

My son Josh just returned from the Jewelmer farms and thought you would find this interesting. he wrote: "I recently returned from what are quite possibly the most interesting and exotic pearl farms in the world. Located in the southern islands of the Philippines, Jewelmer's six pearl farms...

I thought this was important By Mariko Katsumura MIE, Japan (Reuters) - Japan's akoya pearl industry, which began in the 1890s when Kokichi Mikimoto created the world's first cultured pearls, is facing collapse due to plunging sales and stiff competition from China. In the small fishing town...

I have been working with the University of Rhode Island (my alma mater) Coastal Resources Center on a project I am very excited about. I am also looking for people that find this interesting and would like to get involved. The pearls are very rough and equipment is needed to improve...

The CIBJO Pearl Commission has voted on a number of amendments to the Pearl Blue Book, a definitive set of standards for pearl grading, methodology and nomenclature that the commission has updated each year since the guide's publication in 2006. The new amendments, including a unanimous vote...