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As explained by Mr. Shepherd, density would be the most important, especially for the market value of said pearl.

Undated article by David Federman We don?t mean to rain on anyone?s parade or party, but perfect storms look to have burst or be brewing in some of the world?s biggest pearl crop centers. When we say ?perfect storms,? we?re not being literal, of course. We?re talking about savage alignments of...

An article by David Federman Marine archeologist Sue Hendrickson was, until last year, a one-woman cartel for a little-known pearl found in a Caribbean univalve mollusk called a Queen conch (pronounced conk, as in honk). Now she shares her conch pearl monopoly with renowned Geneva...

An article by David Federman It seemed a good idea at the time. To find out why so many of Tahiti?s and, to a far lesser extent, Australia?s, Indonesia?s, and China?s cultured pearls grow with single or parallel grooves in them, just ask a pearl farmer. So we had Pamela Butler of Ocean Gem...

While this is concerning Tahitian pearls (as posted by OP), that observation could be brought to many other origins, I am however not so surprised to see low quality, although as posted by Wendy (beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder...) some standard are set for what we (producers)...

An article by David Federman, not dated sadly... As bad guesses go, this one was legendary. Last November, when Christie?s Hong Kong became the first of the world?s major auction houses to offer a melo pearl, it gave a pre-sale estimate to the one it chose to sell of between $20,000 and...

An article posted on Friday, 08 March 2013 13:45 Mizzima News A golden pearl from Myanmar was sold this week to an anonymous buyer at an auction in Hong Kong for a sum estimated to be between US $30,000 and US$40,000. Myanmar golden pearls (PHOTO: Myanmar Pearl Enterprise) The 19mm...

Most welcome.

You are welcome. None so far. read this too.

Absolutely, thickness of the nacre is indeed the culprit but I doubt that what is done by Service de la Perliculture in French Polynesia foolproof... Further to what you said, Polynesia isn't French Polynesia and black pearls are not solely produced by Tahiti. Wendy I added info here: link.

In addition to the video posted by Wendy Graham regarding the Ministry de Perliculture de Tahiti tightly controling the quality of pearls released on the market and setting a standard nacre thickness of 0.8mm or more... as seen here: an article by Ann Galea However I am still not convinced...

Ok, it would be nice for Josh to pitch in here but this does not explain why so many pearls have too many rings, are too small, or just of low quality... Sadly the video has no sound and looks like a phone video taken by a visitor... I am however not sure that all of the production of French...

??? Local French government?... what about pearls produced in Polynesia? (New Zealand, Hawaii, Easter Island, and American Samoa) That is really interesting. Thanks in advance for the update.

Hi just being curious, found this thread quite interesting, thin coating do indeed exist. You mentioned a reputable source that would x-ray all pearls before export. May I ask if this is already done or if this is what you would like to see being done? GIA does this but the cost is quite high...

Social/Cultural Points CIP came to understand very early on that the local community leadership structure did not follow the accepted norms of an Indonesian village. In most cases, regardless of ethnicity, a village community is under the direct leadership of a Kepala Desa or Village Headman...

This Indonesia Marine Conservation Agreement (MCA) field project was presented as a case study at the workshop, A Private Sector Approach - Conservation Agreements in Support of Marine Protection. The project illustrates how a for-profit company can work with local communities to reach...

An article by Christy Choi Friday, 08 March, 2013 [UPDATED: 03:42] (This article first appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition on Mar 08, 2013 as Golden pearls fetch top price at auction) Myanmar government gains 30 per cent more by holding the sale in the city as keen bidders...

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Sven, just being curious, would this be a copyright infringement as the picture clearly shows the name of your company? Given that you have a copyright for the name and logo, and that the use of the picture is deemed illegal... ?

Hi Sustrino. Sadly for you this is actually good news for the rest of the producing countries.