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Hi Mr Brossard, I noticed how well detailed your posts are, the kind definitely not written by just simple aficionados. I am just wondering what field of work do you do other than (my best guess from your pictures) a marine biologist? I myself am in the aquaculture business and very fond of...

Most pearls produced in indonesia are definitely bound for exports as there is this belief from farmers ( or could be true) that buyers ( local or otherwise) in indonesia tend to ask for much cheaper price just because it is from the 'source'. While a simple export/ticket to Hong Kong/japan for...

Hello Valerene, Yes, I am an Indonesian aquaculturirst, and you come from the Philippines? May I ask where did you manage to purchase those fine looking SSPs? I know quite a few farmers and what you have is very much better than the pearls they harvest, plenty of very smooth looking rounds. Or...

Salam kebangsaan! Haha, mau beli mutiara dari sumber terpecaya memang terasa sulit. Where do you live? I think there is an indonesian pearl farmers association in jakarta which might be more trustable...

I am definitely not an expert. So : WOW? :)

In a sense no, because i think cutting a pearl pretty much destroys it. But that is the basic ' maeshori' of gems. Don't see much uncut gems around. It's like mascara and lipsticks, different things, and procedures, but it is also the first choice of improvemets of the lashes and lips...

Long standing productions of big companies as a sign of environmentally friendly farming is something i never thought about. That is pretty awesome actually. Knowing that many farmlands and aquaculture experience huge problems after/aroud 10 years of production or less while some pearl farms are...

I laughed when i read this line because just 2 months ago i met an old time pearl farmer and his line was this ' we pearl farmers are crazy people. Look at me, i left a promising law career and 20 years later i am still rich with friends and poor with money. ' And he is still doing it, i think...

Wow, this thread has exploded since i last checked! I love the way each one of you made your points. I am somewhat with jeremy on this one. I don't mind treatments as i place it under the same value as the way gems are cut/polished/treated/crafted. So it becomes a matter of having a masterful...

Hello Pattye, Just wanted to say hi!

Hello Lisa, just came to say hi! :D

Wow, these are such great infos! So about fw pearls going chalky, where then can i get a properly treated fw pearls that don't go chalky? I really love their colour but i myself have had a few that done that and sort of got me thinking it was one reason why fe pearls are so cheap compared to ss...

Hi bustilang, when i got married, my wife was very much a diamond girl. Having gotten her a pair of ss pearl earings, and pendant she complained, of sort, is that ss pearls feel very luxurious and felt quite conspicuous with them. Now however, she's making up for lost time ( this year it's a...

Hi caitlin, have you got any natural persian gulf pearl pictures? Ahmedtiko, go for it! That is a pretty big budgets to get some awesome engagement pieces in my opinion. Keep checking back in the forums!

So it is a case of champagne only comes from champagne?

Hi all, Is there any evidence that kind of washing/maintainance is good or bad for the environment? I always thought of pearls as ecofriendly sustainable gems. This will change my perception about it. About the pearls on a diet, having families that have been through operations, and always...

Hi avig, fabulous! Where do you get them? Would love to have a strand.

Hi first time here too. Keshi are awesome. Aren't fresh water pearls keshis ( no nucleous)? If that's the case, i am guessing that you are talking about south sea here, then the rate is highly dependent on the farmer?

Hi new member here, i always heard that fresh water pearls are small and not round. Is that the reason for the price? How did they get so big and round from the usual?