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I haven't heard back from Charles Yousling yet, but I think that he has registered on PG. We'll just have to wait and see............. nlerner: I'll take some vitreous if it's clear. I've got too many "floaters"............. :D

Mervione, I'm not sure what you may find at a hardware store that will be any good for you. The only thing that I can think of is fire brick and that's probably as good a heat sink as what you're using. Charcoal block or the fibrous pads the jewelry suppliers sell work well. Other than that...

Slraep--thanks for the great links. I will post them to my blog.

I empathize deeply with your statement. I have often thought about this subject when pondering such things as the inhumanity of human-kind. I have come to the conclusion that much if not most of this problem is based in fear. When something becomes so hugely fearful that it is hard to see that...

Global Warming Information Resources Global Warming Information Resources ANNOUNCEMENT I've started a blog that will serve as a resource of links to web pages with good information on the subject of Global Warming/Ocean Acidification. I have named it "Fixing Air" and it can be found at...

Hi Judy, I'm compiling a long list of articles on the subject that I am finding in scientific sources on the internet. I'm hoping to make this accessable ASAP. I'll post notice here when I have it together.

Here's an article in Science Digest concerning ocean acidification complete with an illustration of mussels with eroded shells. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081124141053.htm

Just a little gem I uncovered in my researches in "Science Daily.": I have erred--the source of this quote was an article in "Science Daily," not "Science Digest." My apology." Previous NOAA studies have shown that a quarter of the carbon dioxide that humans place in the atmosphere each year...

Valeria, I have to say that I am puzzled and disappointed by your response. To take your statements in order: Are the only things that you cherish the things that you buy? What about the climate that shapes the weather and therefore the environment where you live? What about the health of...

I'm hoping for members to weigh in on the subject with their thoughts, their ideas, brainstorming to see what there may be in the way of a general consensus.

So--this thread is to address concerns that pearl people have re: Global Warming and other environmental concerns. A huge problem that is facing us that I have come to see as even more of a concern than the "Warming" part of Global Warming is the increasing acidification of the oceans as they...

Both this thread and the "Green Pearls Brands" thread in the "Pearling Industry News" forum seem to be heading in the same direction. Perhaps a new thread should be started to address "Pearl Activism!"??? Good Idea, I think I'll start it! I think that the "Pearling Industry News" forum would be...

Ah Blaire--that is the question, isn't it? I'll do some looking, however, it would be nice if a number of us were working on such a search. PS: Hey! How about Octavia?? She's got some free time, doesn't she?:D

I can make one suggestion for making one's pearl products more green--a label attatched to them that states that a certain percentage of the sale price of these items is donated to combat Global Warming. Of course, one must follow through...

Fraud is any type of misrepresentation. It becomes criminal fraud when it is done for profit. Period. I also reported them.

It has been said, I can't remember by whom, that "If the people will lead, the politicians will follow." Don't expect any government to do anything substantial to turn this mess around without tremendous pressure from it's citizens. Write the President, write your congress people, write your...

Yes--it's quite true and it applies to all shelly sea creatures. To quote my own post of 6-9-2008 in the Pearl Industry News Forum here on PG: "I would advise everyone who has any interest in salt water pearls to find, purchase and read the last issue of the science magazine Discover. There is...

Although the concave side of a curved wood carving tool might be useful, one would need to use care. Like the usual gravers used in jewelry, they are sharpened at a very acute angle and could dig in to the next layer. The thing that I favored in the tools that NZNP showed was the obtuse angle...

I just got off the phone with Charles Yousling and he's going to weigh in on this pearl peeling thread. (Keep your eyes peeled. . . )

If this is standard proceedure for abalone pearls then it's different than any other type of gem I've ever had any experience with. Still, I'm not sure that there is any such thing as standard proceedure for natural abalone pearls. Just too rare.