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With great pleasure I'm able to share with you first look and some sample pic's of the UAE's first cultured fresh water pearls. **Drum role please** These are the first cultured pearls from the UAE and it is the only company in Ras Al Khaimah that produces cultured pearls. The company stands...

Oh and the only thing I forgot to mention is that the best pearls are already set aside for the Sheikh's here but will try and get those on camera too.

My pleasure Caitlin and I'm really hoping they live up to the expectations. I spoke again to the Sales and Marketing Manager up in RAK there (there's 7 emirates in the UAE and RAK - roughly translated means "top of the tent" is the most Northern and about 2hrs from Dubai) and next steps are...

Some more information on Gulf cultured pearls: ? Nacre is about .04 ? 2mm ? Ratio: 1:1 for each oyster ? Size range: 2mm ? 11mm

That's correct all seed pearls so not my cup of tea personally but very nice to see them for the first time (that was the first time I've actually held natural Gulf pearls). My pleasure on sharing the information on RAK Cultured pearls and surprised word of them has not already spread...

Liali Bahrain pearls - bracelet Liali Bahrain pearls - bracelet As promised I went down to Liali jewellers in Mercato Mall, Dubai to see the one remaining Bahraini pearl bracelet they had. Apologies as the photos are low quality taken with my Blackberry but found it an interesting natural...

Thank you Wendy much appreciated. The pearl seller in the airport can you remember is it Mikura or another branded boutique or possibly Liali (http://www.albawaba.com/business/pr/liali-natural-pearls-collection-432137) as might be a good option as I flying next month - fingers crossed it's in...

Fantastic advice as I am currently looking into, from Caitlin's advice and passion of them, natural Gulf pearls. Still very hard to find a reputable seller in Dubai though natural gulf pearls. I heard that LIALI jewellers have a very limited collection in Mercato Mall, Beach road, on display -...

Hi Caitlin I spent the morning in the Gold souk with limited success in regards to finding a dedicated Natural pearl sellers - all shops had dribs and drabs. But I did uncover something very interesting called Cultured UAE Pearls - off the shores of Ras al Khaimah, tens of thousands of pearls...

Ironically the number one thing Russians buy here is fur coats, in 52c+, fascinating!

Thanks Catilin - I made sure to posy my CFWP in the "Show us your pearls" thread and thanks for the link above. Hopefully next pic's I post will be Gulf water pearls inshallah. Best wishes

Hello from all those living in Dubai, UAE I got these from Dragon Mart.

That's an amazing story and wanted to check if you could repost that thread above as I can't seem to find it and would love to see the pic's of the pearls. Thanks again for all your advice!

CFWP's from the Gold & Diamond souk - 10.5mm necklace on 18ct white gold + CFWP bracelet 7.5mm on 18ct white gold I wanted to compare prices to Dragon mart and the above were Dhs5,200 for the necklace and Dhs 3,299 for the bracelet. That's a big difference.

Thanks Caitlin, You have to understand the Dubai consumer and that it is built towards 1.1 million visiting Russians and approx. 2 million visiting Chinese (Dubai is easy reach for both countries with a relatively easier Visa application process) hence the Gulf pearl, to these consumers, is as...

I think the trip to Bahrain is calling and definitely on the cards - although the last time I was there I was there for work with the F1 GP and found it be decidely 2nd world, very friendly locals though and lovely connection with East Africa. I'm gathering with all your enthusiasm towards to...

That's an excellent reply Catlin and thank you for chiming in. But one point has to be made in terms of budget Gulf Pearls are well over 120% more expensive than freshwater HK pearls and as a novice pearl buyer I'm testing the waters of what works for me before moving into such an investment...