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Hi Bodecia, I cannot say whether the many earthquakes have affected the production. However it is indeed a very interesting point as such earthquakes should cause a big shift in sea bed sediments which should in some way, affect the mineral content of the water affecting the microbes all the...

Hi Caitlin, I am not comfortable quoting which companies closing down which farms because pearl farmers a very proud lot as you know and I feel it is not my place. So I will present only what have been publicised including the closing of a pearl farm by a local government...

Hi PG! Long time, been a hectic year, hope you guys are doing great, so much in the forums to catch up to. Anyways, here's some info about the indonesian pearl industry from some farmers i spoke to. This is not a statistical announcement or such but just word of mouth from farmers and what i...

Well, pearl powder or Chen Chu Fen, in chinese has always been used as tonic/medicine by the chinese. Though most of their pearl powders are fresh water pearl oysters. The article doesn;t state which species of oyster, does it make a difference? I bet it does, their nacre looks different meaning...

Oh they would be a riot to read i bet Caitlin.

Reflection of the strings could cause a 'darkening' so the pearls should have been photographed without the string with the whole facing a slightly tilted angle towards the camera. I have seen non dyed drilled pearls before and the, especially with yellows/golds, the hole can have a darker...

Hello Valerene, Yes, indeed, suprising as it may sound many Indonesian farmers do not know what they are doing when it comes to pinctada maxima breeding. Just 2 days ago I spoke to one who was telling me this exact same problem. He was quite frustrated at his farm's failures at hatchery until...

Well valerene, it is a total average meaning you add the crap de la crap ( am i allowed to write that?) that are still sellable by farmers. Afterall a really bad quality pearl will still have the same manufacturing cost as a real stunner, thus forcing many indonesian farmers to try to sell them...

One shrewd wife, or husband, or both!

I find the replies by our pg sellers very informative. That is one 'simply complex' question naria. Awesome.

As an addition, though copper or 'tea' colour may seem far fetched for ssp, there are apparently real uncoloured/untreated copper ssp. Though very rare and originating from raja ampat regency of indonesia. Just words i get from a farmer there... No picture to show too. A natural copper coloured...

Sad but true, most fish farms use a miriad of chemicals that just changes the ecology of the sea. Not to mention the high density artificial wastes that causes algae and bacterial blooms and a horde of other side effects. There sre anfew companies in indonesia though that are trying polyculture...

I think that line is more towards the value of the pearls. I don't have the official data but it is believed as a whole, indonesian's pearls are priced much cheaper to australian's, phillipines and such. Though the eight ranking doesn't state any numbers to compare. Averaged price of pearls from...

Most of the Old surviving farms and farmers in Indonesia originated in East Indonesia, Maluku province. With newer, 'second' generation farms in Central Indonesia, like Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi and even a few in Sumatra and Irian Jaya. 'New' generation farmers tend to be 'closer' and are situated...

I totally agree that pearls should be appreciated as is. Be it Fw, tahiti and what have you. The individual quality of the pearl in question is more important rather than type. However cyryll's point about production costs is also very valid. In china fw export is not even taxed, it is...

Those are some awesome pearls! I didn't know sabah has pearl farms, that is wonderfu news. I do know that sabah has a heck of a lot fish farms.

Awesome, i love these kinds of hands on pictures. They really are educational!

There used to be a japanese pearl grafter who absalutely loved trolling. And he make his own baits from MOP. The biggest i have ever seen him catch was a 2 meter long barracuda! He gave me 1 of his home made lure 7 or 8 years ago. Don't know where i put it no more!

There might be bigger, but i think you would be hard pressed to find prettier. A truly amazing piece!

Er... Nothing follows? Yeah great pics! I always loved them hands on pictures! You sure seem to fly around alot! ;)