The firsts to discover the ethereal beauty of pearls were eastern populations, a lot more before European West and even Egypt, using them not only to create magnificent jellewery but to adorne clothes, hair and objects. Later on, when it became popular among Greeks in the Hellenic period, the pearl’s fame spread like a wildfire, […]
Since the birth of internal combustion engine and consequent need of petrol, petroleum race started to be more and more frantic and, albeit the growing adopted tecnology to avoid tragedies, environmental disasters are now countless. Once spilled in the sea, oil spread into the water creating a patina that changes depending on temperature and movement […]
Despite the poor results of the first attempts, pearl cultivation is a rich and thriving business that produces every year a big revenue. Unfortunately, for this reason, it has been amplyfied causing a savage colture which has yet begun to compromise the growth of the precious oysters. In 1994, to obviate to this limitless exploitation […]
There are many types of pearls, mysterious and fascinating, but the pearl that most sums up the true meaning of exotic and charming is the Tahiti one, the black pearl. The cultivation of this particular pearl began in 1960 in French Polinesia by Jean Marie Dormand; after the first experiments done in Hikeru and Bora […]
To estimate the right cost of a pearl necklace you have to consider different traits: the experst generally agree that luster is the most important aspect to consider when buying pearls. Buy the pearl with the best luster, before insisting on perfect roundness, because is the quality of luster that gives the pearl its radiant […]
Two sister species The class Bivalvia brings together molluscs whose transversally-flattened body lies protected between two lateral, calcified valves. Families con be designated according to characteristics either of the shell or of the body. In the latter case, the degree of complexity of the gills serves as criterion for classification. The marine pearl oysters belong […]
The expression “South Sea pearl” is a commercial term used by pearl farmers and dealers. This name, so evocative of tropical seas, refers to the large pearls produced by two species of pearl oyster, or pteridean, of considerable size, which live in these warm seas. The white-lip pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima, includes two varieties, the gold-lip, which gives golden […]
The Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEF in Basel, Switzerland said it has been receiving large quantities of saltwater pearls for certification in recent weeks. These pearls are often accompanied with reports describing them as natural pearls, but their almost perfect appearance has raised doubts among many natural pearl dealers. Having tested these pearls with advanced technology, […]
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