A new type of pearl!
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Pearl Dreams
Pearl Enthusiast
Hmmm...so maybe an air-filled balloon sort of nucleus? Or, how about a saline filled one?
Or, gel-filled?
A deformable filled balloon of sorts could lead to those interesting freeform shapes....
GemGeek
Pearlista
Good thinking! 
lisa c
Perpetual Pearl Student
It means - Rev your engines, and form a line to the right!!!!
GemGeek
Pearlista
LOL - You're making me hungry!
Amrita
Member
They are stunners!!! Tell us more Jeremy!
Maybe today!
jshepherd
Pearl Paradise
I'm still working on the story, but it will come soon enough!
lisa c
Perpetual Pearl Student
Yeah! That's his story, and he's stickin' to it!
This'll be a good one, can't wait...
Katbran
Well-known member
Wow doesn't seem like quite enough..but WOW anyways! They are beautiful..love the shapes...I'm voting for some gel filled tiny balloony thingy lol Cant wait to hear !
Winterson
New Member
I have also certainly been intrigued by this thread!
Just read the following snippet in the new edition of SSEF's magazine about an "an organic gelatinous nucleus...to create an inflated pearl sac" p21 here http://www.ssef.ch/fileadmin/Documents/PDF/640_Facette/SSEF-FACETTE21-Bd.pdf.
Any clue there???
Andrew
Just read the following snippet in the new edition of SSEF's magazine about an "an organic gelatinous nucleus...to create an inflated pearl sac" p21 here http://www.ssef.ch/fileadmin/Documents/PDF/640_Facette/SSEF-FACETTE21-Bd.pdf.
Any clue there???
Andrew
Pearl Dreams
Pearl Enthusiast
Winterson, I think you've found it! So the nuclei are an organic gel material that expands slowly when wet.
Winterson
New Member
And a baroque shell bead nucleus for the second operation?
Just need to know now?.
Andrew
Just need to know now?.
Andrew
Pearl_Researcher
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While the pearl itself is beautiful, the nucleus is actually nothing more special than a water absorbent gel-like substance (super water absorbent polymer). It was presented a year ago in BaselWorld 2012.
Anyway, it wasn't really a new thing, because this was actually started by the Japanese around 10 years ago by Imai Seikaku. The nucleus is light blue. When it absorbs the water, it expands. However, the shape cannot be controlled.
The whole ultimate objective for this creation is very simple - grow larger pearls.
Here's how it goes:
1. Implant the water absorbent.
2. Water absorbent absorbs the water, forcefully expanding the gonad.
3. After 7 - 9 months, if the shell is not dead, you get a shell with a bigger gonad.
4. Do a second grafting with actual freshwater nucleus.
While it will always be a baroque since the gonad is forcefully and randomly restructured according to the water-absorbing-nucleus, the pearl with the water-absorbing-nucleus will have a different weight proportion in comparison to the other regular pearls.
Anyway, it wasn't really a new thing, because this was actually started by the Japanese around 10 years ago by Imai Seikaku. The nucleus is light blue. When it absorbs the water, it expands. However, the shape cannot be controlled.
The whole ultimate objective for this creation is very simple - grow larger pearls.
Here's how it goes:
1. Implant the water absorbent.
2. Water absorbent absorbs the water, forcefully expanding the gonad.
3. After 7 - 9 months, if the shell is not dead, you get a shell with a bigger gonad.
4. Do a second grafting with actual freshwater nucleus.
While it will always be a baroque since the gonad is forcefully and randomly restructured according to the water-absorbing-nucleus, the pearl with the water-absorbing-nucleus will have a different weight proportion in comparison to the other regular pearls.
jshepherd
Pearl Paradise
I knew it wouldn't take long here. There is more to it, but that is still coming.
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