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Thank you Caitlin for being so diligent as always - would have loved to been at that talk and apparently the Pearl exchange is planning a few more seminars - if they do one I'll make sure to take some notes and post them here as I am behind in my pearl homework already.:p

Hi Mpark and welcome here. Can you remember the name of the shop you bought the pearls from in the gold souk? Best wishes

Hello there Ishaan, Are you any relation to Mr Jayesh F. Jhaveri in Dubai? Thanks

Found this very interesting on the World Pearl forum http://www.dmcc.ae/jltauthority/pearl/initiatives/world-pearl-forum/ Have tried to make contact but to no avail - wholesale only I believe.

You are in luck as their office is in the same business park as my office (DAFZA) which is beside Terminal 2 on the North of Dubai - handy if you are planning to fly in and out again - best hotel close by would be the Park Hyatt (amazing golf course) or stay Downtown at the Palace Dubai (my...

Well caught there Caitlin I just posted the same thing about the Jhaveri's as there a few posting on this. Interesting to see the connections. Exim Jewellers is 00971 4 3599391 or mobile 00971 50 6243824

You are all magic and thanks again for helping me mark this great occasion for my lovely mum. Now I have a set the bar to high and will have to start saving for her 70th in ten years time! On an interesting side bar Mr Jayesh Jhaveri (is it just me or is that surname coming up alot in this...

Again Caitlin makes a good argument here as testing in the Bahrain lab ranges from USD$100 upwards for certification per pearl so that would be a lot of money for all the pearls you have there. Main thing is find out as much information as possible and take it from there.

11mm pearls in a pinctada radiata is enormous. Caitlin is correct here as even the new breed of cultured pearls don't come anywhere near that size - biggest they had on offer was 7.5mm - 8mm and they were extremely expensive Interesting little creatures the Pintada radiata...

Hello there and thank you for posting, Are you any relation to Mr Jayesh F. Jhaveri in Dubai (Exim Jewellers?). Also you can have these tested in the Bahrain lab as ideally a Basra pearl should be tested in Bahrain lab, makes sense really

Caitlin is absolutely correct and the beautiful pearls I saw at Mr Jayesh F. Jhaveri's shop (EXIM Jewellers - apologies had spelt this wrong earlier) were stunning and about 10-70 years old as part of his collection. The attached pic shows the largest Gulf Natural Pearl (GNP) he had that his...

Excellent - so are you based in Dubai or where about's in KSA? The dealer in Bur Dubai is called Xiam jewellers. Really nice and knowledge guy. Would appreciate if you could let us know how you get on.

Amazing thread and can't wait to discover what these pearls are! Maybe our pearl dealer in Bur Dubai (whom had the natural pearls that I saw - some of which were 70 years old) might be able to help (without smashing them if they were Chinese!!). He was a very decent guy and extremely well known...

Hi there Aspan and thanks for your comment. You sound like you are Dubai based and know Bur Dubai quite well, if so let me know as would be great to have another DXB pearl enthusiast here. For testing of pearls the only official information I could find was the below. Price wise etc I am not...

....she's still talking about them and showing off her pearls "from Dubai" to her friends back home in Co. Antrim!

Happy to report my mother adored her pearls for her 60th birthday and brought back many happy memories of when she was a girl playing with her mum's pearls so mission accomplished. I've still very got much the pearl fever and look forward to exploring more into this fascinating world. Just a...

Some of the pieces are quite interesting and look forward to seeing them become more mainstream and possibly even a boutique open up.

Speaking of gulf natural pearls can anyone advise on whether these are possible to buy in Doha? thanks

Some interesting pearl pieces from RAK Pearls on their FB page here https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.276755969106750.64269.246575205458160&type=1 The calligraphy ones interesting as well and nice to see the brand expanding and growing.

"runts or crackers" how very dare you sir!