Pearl Guide News

Tonight on NatGeo Wild at 10pm!

Filmed along one of the wildest coastlines on the planet, this is the intriguing story behind the world's most exclusive marine gem: the South Sea pearl.

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You won't want to miss this!

Hong Kong is, without a doubt, an amazing city. It's filled with diversity in people, food, architecture, fashion and night life. And most fascinating from my viewpoint, it is filled with pearls.

Hong Kong brims with offices where pearl deals are made throughout the year. Wholesalers and large retailers come from around the world to fill their inventory with every pearl type and quality. But the epicenter of Hong Kong pearl activity is the world-class show sponsored by UBM Asia - the Hong...

There was a time when people were suspicious of the amazing colors coming from cultured freshwater pearls. There were rumors of something being seeded in the water, or dye being injected into mussels. The conjecture about treatment in the shell was dead wrong - it was the shell itself that initiated the change.*

The shells were adapted from a hybrid of Hyriopsis schlegeli, Biwa Pearly Mussel and Hyriopsis cumingi, Triangle Shell Mussel. Through dedicated experimentation, we now see colors...

Here comes another award for talented designer Hisano Shepherd of little h!



The AGTA Spectrum Savor Silver award for the bridal category goes to little h silver cufflinks with Geode black Tahitian pearls filled with black diamonds.



You have to love the swanky "shaken-not-stirred" style of the AGTA promotional photo - one of the best men's jewelry photos seen in years.

See previous little h articles HERE and HERE.

Visit www.littlehjewelry.com to see more.

Blaire Beavers
Managing...

Jeremy and Hisano Shepherd, and Pearl Paradise are sending one lucky winner to Savusavu, Fiji for the Pearl adventure of a lifetime!



Mr. Shepherd announced on the Pearl-Guide Forum that he wants an active forum member to win the Cultured Pearl Association of America's contest. With that goal in mind, 1,000 tickets were purchased and one of those tickets was drawn.

On Monday, September 28th, there will be a live drawing at Pearl Paradise to pull a lucky entry. The contest is restricted...

Pearl Guide Forum Member, Kelluvpearls, made a visit to Fiji Savusavu to visit Fiji Pearls and created a thread to document her trip. To our delight, Justin Hunter of Fiji Pearls, joined the forum and shared a wealth of information on her thread.

Follow along as Justin describes pearl farming in Fiji through photographs and descriptions (taken from many of his Pearl-Guide posts):



Our shells - where the magic starts.
Our oyster is a different sub species then what is used in Tahiti. Much...