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Kobe is hosting the Japan Pearl Fair 07 next month, and Hisano and I will be attending! We’ll be doing another pearl farm tour the week before, wrapping up with the show in Kobe. If anyone here is planning to attend, let me know so we can connect!

MILAN, ITALY: OCTOBER 24, 2025 – The 2025 CIBJO Congress is set to open in Paris, France, on Monday, October 27, 2025, and it will be broadcast live worldwide. Free access to the live broadcast will be available via the dedicated congress website at https://cibjo.org/congress-2025/ or via the...

There is a discussion happening at CIBJO next week that all are invited to if they are able to attend virtually. The timing is a bit off for most of us in the United States, but if you're a night owl ... ;) Per the announcement - Join us to unlock the value of responsible pearls! We will...

I know a lot of people have been curious about the new type of bead-nucleated freshwater pearls being produced in China. I’ve been out to the farms twice in the past year and have seen a complete shift in how many of them are now culturing pearls. It’s a real transformation in freshwater pearl...

From Instore - The nontraditional pearl trend of the past few years has collided with the ‘90s and Y2K style revival to create an incredibly fun landscape of pearl designs Some of the designs don't really float my boat, but the pieces from Heather Guidero and Emma Burke ... :love...

Hisano interviewed Justin Hunter during her livestream yesterday and he spoke about sustainability. Enjoy!

Guild Labs just put out this video showing snippets from our trip. I wasn't able to download it for some reason, so this is a screen recording. This one has some really good information on what is happening in the industry today.

I've just returned from two weeks in China and a week in Japan. I learned a lot about the current state of the FW industry and the beaded pearl situation. I'll either post about it here on PG, the blog or both. One of the companies I visited shot a video of our visit - I was travelling with...

Enjoy a bit of natural blister pearl eye candy! These shells were with us for a few weeks and I decided to take some iPhone shots to post. Enjoy! Beginning with Pteria sterna - rainbow lip!

I came across this beauty in Hong Kong - a seven-figure pearl! It's a melo melo that measures over 33 mm and weighs 276 carats. No, I didn't take it home :giggle:

We are seeing a lot of deep colors come out of China, specifically with the new Edison-style, large beaded pearls. A recent study in the journal Aquaculture dives into how scientists are using genomic selection (GS) to boost the purpleness of the inner shells in triangle sail mussels, aka...

Edison pearls keep getting bigger and bigger. This is the first time I've been offered strands more than 20 mm.

Over the past few years, we've been inundated with images and claims of supposed giant clam pearls, almost all of which come from the Philippines. This is likely due to a story about a supposed 75-pound pearl (34 kilo) a Filipino fisherman had kept under his bed for a decade. The story was...

We spent a bit of time with Mr. Yoneguchi yesterday, the last remaining pearl farmer on Lake Kasumi ga Ura. It's incredible how he manages the entire operation on his own!

I was in Hong Kong last week and Loic still has the 20 mm Tahitian pearl. He's asking $60,000 (wholesale). It is an amazing pearl! He brought out a crazy-color tray of singles too -

The Timeless Allure of Pearls Born perfect, forever fashionable By Pierre Akkelian In the midst of a global crisis, the pandemic created unforeseen avenues for certain sectors. While it severely disrupted most businesses, our industry found an unexpected spotlight, with fine jewellery evolving...

A famous Chinese actress/influencer created a Tahitian pearl buying frenzy in Hong Kong last week, unlike anything I've seen in my 2+ decades of pearl buying. Chinese actress Ni Ni, best known for her role in the 2011 film Flowers of War, went on a Pearl-Wearing social media tour while promoting...

This just appeared in my feed - a great Jewelmer interview with Marion Brannelec de Guzman.

Who is going to Hong Kong this month for the September show? Hisano and I are leaving next weekend. We are bringing a studio with us to do live events from the show :)

This is why luster is so subjective. From just fine to a unicorn!