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me! lol - although its my mother that wears the serious bling!

I read this book while on vacation and found it to be very interesting. Although it is a novel, it deals a lot with the history of pearling. You can read the synopsis and see if it is something you would enjoy. It partly takes place in Vancouver where I spent time as a child...

Here is a link to the website: The pearls are under "Classics" (at the very end) and they are next to the drop earrings with the citrine stones. They are a pair of earrings on the top right with white gold cuffs. http://www.paspaleypearls.com/english/home.htm

oh yes, I went to the Pearl Museum in the National Bank of Dubai - only to be told that it was by appointment only....bleh, but I did get to go to the Chairman's office! What a view! I was given 2 sets of goodies as a consolation gift (lol), 2 CD's and 2 brochures about the museum. If anyone...

Hi everyone, I'm finally back! I saw so much jewelry in Dubai it makes my head spin! I must have visited over 150 different places! Now, pearls: 1. Dubai is the place to find some massive pearls. It was not unusual to find 15mm to 21mm pearl necklaces. I tried them on and it's like I'm...

I recently finished the GIA Pearl course and found it to be good, however, it could be updated. This course is not the end of your pearl education - you really need to continually be doing your own research in order to keep up to date.

Wheee! you did it! Thanks a bunch Waimeamomi!

merci effisk. Now I have something to read later, I'm stuck on an island in the middle of nowhere! salut!

Thanks for looking at my pictures Amrita! I loved India. I presently am studying Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Gujarati as well as getting my gemologist degree so am pretty busy. I would love to return, and Udaipur and Jaipur were my favourite places. The richest of the colours (the jewelery)...

Wow - you guys rock! way to go! Unfortunately, we still haven't found the picture I saw in the book - its a full length shot of her sitting on a sofa with her dress (covered in pearls) spread out in front of her on the ground. She is also wearing 3 large strands, one rope a mutli strand...

Hi everyone, Whilst reading the book "Beads" by Lois Sherr Cubin (Thames & Hudson), I noticed that there is a small chapter on pearls. On Page 304-305 it talks about Mrs. George Gould of New York, and has a huge photograph of her wearing her pearls as well as a pearl encrusted dress. It is a...

Hi all, Whilst in Dubai yesterday I saw some "jie-normous" south sea pearls both as earrings and rings. The mm size wasn't mentioned on the label but I can't envision someone actually wearing them as earrings (+15mm). Fresh water pearls were very reasonably priced - Mikimotos were not bad but...