Provoked Baroque, a term coined by Doug Fiske, aptly describes the newest type of Tahitian pearls. It is now possible to skip the long wait for large pearls that grow in later grafts, while keeping the color and luster that typify earlier, smaller pearls.
Many of these pearls exhibit folds that make one think of the chocolate candies "Raisinettes", but these treats have baroque shell nuclei inside.
The technique was published in "The Australian Gemmologist", First Quarter 2013 by Laurent E. Cartier and Michael S. Krzemnicki in "New developments in cultured pearl production: use of organic and baroque shell nuclei", now available on sustainablepearls.org here and in the SSEF Facette Magazine article here.
And recently written about by Jeremy Shepherd on the Pearl Paradise Blog and in Jewelry Net Asia and by Senior Editor and pearl enthusiast, Jennifer Heebner in JCK Online.
Pearls courtesy of Pearl Paradise.com
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Many of these pearls exhibit folds that make one think of the chocolate candies "Raisinettes", but these treats have baroque shell nuclei inside.
The technique was published in "The Australian Gemmologist", First Quarter 2013 by Laurent E. Cartier and Michael S. Krzemnicki in "New developments in cultured pearl production: use of organic and baroque shell nuclei", now available on sustainablepearls.org here and in the SSEF Facette Magazine article here.
And recently written about by Jeremy Shepherd on the Pearl Paradise Blog and in Jewelry Net Asia and by Senior Editor and pearl enthusiast, Jennifer Heebner in JCK Online.
Pearls courtesy of Pearl Paradise.com
Blaire Beavers
