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This will be special! From Professional Jeweller http://www.professionaljeweller.com/article-12870-history-of-pearls-to-wow-at-autumn-vampa-exhibition/ The V&A museum in London is set to host a large-scale historical exhibition of more than 200 pieces of pearl jewellery and pearl objets d'art...

Interesting article and new images here of a galleon wreck from 1622, believed to contain 9 gold bars, nearly 1,200 silver pieces of eight and 6,600 pearls. Source...

As mentioned on another thread, this is a great book with some easy to read and detailed explanations of what search engines look for and some current thinking on how to optimise a website legitimately: Search Engine Optimization Secrets by Danny Dover The author was previously Lead SEO at...

Hi, here is a sweet short film that was sent to me by a friend on conservation efforts in the UK to rebuild the natural FW pearl mussel stocks. The portion of the film starts around the 18.30 mark. http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/earthrise/2011/10/2011102105128278189.html Andrew

Hi Interesting background article on Zhuji and FW pearls here: http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2011-09/23/content_13775845.htm 'Crazy' is an unfair description.... Andrew

Interesting short news story from The Mainichi Daily News: A team of Japanese scientists has identified almost all of about 30,000 different kinds of genes that form the shell of pearl oysters, a discovery that could shed light on the mystery surrounding the beauty of pearls. A team of...

A pearl-and-diamond tiara belonging to a 19th century woman once known as Britain's wealthiest is due to go for auction next month, Christie's auction house said Friday. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/05/13/general-eu-britain-pearl-tiara_8464786.html