Natural Bahraini Pearls

[NaturalPearls]

Hello,
I am from Bahrain, which is one of the best sources of Natural Pearls; my family has been in this lovely field for more than 150 years. We have unique and one of a kind pearls, some are loose and others are put in lovely designs with diamonds and other precious stones. We also have many necklaces, some that took more than 10 years to complete. All our pearls are certified natural pearls from Bahrain?s Laboratory, which is one of the best laboratories in the world. So if anyone is interested, please feel free to email me.

Thanks,
Natural Pearls

 

[Caitlin]

Welcome to this forum. I hope you will share lots of photos of Bahraini pearls with us. I would love to hear your descriptions of the colors and shades of Bahraini pearls too. That would be very educational.

What part of the pearling business has your family been in?

 

[SteveM]

Any information and images you are willing to provide this forum would be welcome, if not revolutionary (if indeed we are speaking of renewed harvest!).

 

[NaturalPearls]

Bahraini Pearls

Bahraini Pearls

1) Weight: 5.97 ct
Shape: Button
Dimensions: 10.06 - 10.11 X 9.30 mm
Color: Pale Yellow, Yellow with a greenish overstone.


2) Weight: 8.26 ct
Shape: Button
Dimensions: 11.48 - 11.57 X 9.04 mm
Color: Brownish - Yellow

3) Weight: 15.56 ct
Shape: Button
Dimensions: 14.00 - 14.25 X 11.51 mm
Color: White - Creamish


All these pearls are certified from The Gem & Pearl Testing Laboratory of Bahrain. the details given above are from the report.

 

[NaturalPearls]

Bahraini Pearls 2

Bahraini Pearls 2

Weight: 11.40 ct
Shape: Irregular
Dimensions: 13.67 - 11.94 X 10.37 mm
Color: White with a pale pinkish overstone.

All our pearls are certified from The Gem & Pearl Testing Laboratory of Bahrain. the details given above are from the report.

 

[pattye]

Thank You, Natural Pearls,

Those are truly gorgeous pearls! What a treat to see.

Pattye
so many pearls, so little time

 

[NaturalPearls]

Bahraini Pearls 3

Bahraini Pearls 3

Pearl # 1 Weight: 0.93 ct
Shape: Round
Dimensions: 5.12 - 5.15 X 5.27 mm
Color: Cream and pale yellow

Pearl # 2 Weight: 1.30 ct
Shape: Round
Dimensions: 5.76 - 5.87 X 5.71 mm
Color: Pale greenish - yellow

Pearl # 3 Weight: 1.81 ct
Shape: Oval
Dimensions: 6.19 - 6.32 X 6.47 mm
Color: Cream and pale yellow

Pearl # 4 Weight: 2.01 ct
Shape: Drop
Dimensions: 6.83 - 6.87 X 6.41 mm
Color: Cream

Pearl # 5 Weight: 5.52 ct
Shape: Button
Dimensions: 9.41-9.75 X 8.26 mm
Color: Cream

All our pearls are certified from The Gem & Pearl Testing Laboratory of Bahrain. the details given above are from the report.

 

[GemGeek]

Weight: 11.40 ct
Shape: Irregular
Dimensions: 13.67 - 11.94 X 10.37 mm
Color: White with a pale pinkish overstone.

All our pearls are certified from The Gem & Pearl Testing Laboratory of Bahrain. the details given above are from the report.

The first three are beautiful, but this one is more my cup of tea. I like irregular! What a gorgeous pearl and a pretty setting. My budget is tied up in education and travel this year, but it's nice to know where to find such lovely natural pearls. For now, I love being able to see them. Thanks so much.

 

[NaturalPearls]

Bahraini Pearls 4

Bahraini Pearls 4

Weight: 8.63 ct
Shape: Baroque
Dimensions: 14.49 - 10.39 X 7.56 mm
Color: White and light cream



All our pearls are certified from The Gem & Pearl Testing Laboratory of Bahrain. the details given above are from the report.

 

[NaturalPearls]

The first three are beautiful, but this one is more my cup of tea. I like irregular! What a gorgeous pearl and a pretty setting. My budget is tied up in education and travel this year, but it's nice to know where to find such lovely natural pearls. For now, I love being able to see them. Thanks so much.

Why are you still awake?
In our region, people would rather buy a perfect round pearl lets say which is 5 cts then buy an irregular one which is maybe double the weight. I personally like both, they both have their own uniqness.

 

[GemGeek]

I should be asleep, true!

Again, the pearl in the swan pin is much more to my liking. I love the color and movement on the surface. Perhaps for me, the beauty is in the fact that they don't look like cultured pearls.

 

[NaturalPearls]

GemGeek: Thats exactly why many customers choose the baroque or the irregular ones. They look nothing like cultured pearls.
All the pearls I have posted are older than a year, the divers just found a very nice button 2 months ago. will post it tomorrow!
Have a good night!

 

[Caitlin]

Hi Natural
We have a person on this board who thinks the new batch of Bahraini naturals showing up on the market, are from Borneo. What is your word on that?

 

[Slraep]

Hi NaturalPearls,

What lovely pieces! Thank you for posting the pictures and detailed info. It is great to see a natural pearl collection!(versus a collection of titles).

I would still advise anyone who is wanting to buy naturals to double check the certificates with the lab that issued them.

Can you please give us a mini-tutorial about the colours these natural pearls come in? The Arabic equivalent would be nice too. I personally did not think there were as many colours as you mentioned. We are all craving to know more about these natural wonders, so anything you can tell us is much appreciated.

Slraep

 

[Ashley]

NaturalPearl-

Those are some really very lovely pearls indeed! I love alot of the settings, too. They look so intricately crafted; each piece I see is the work of an artist!

 

[Valeria101]

Wow! Thanks

One word more about pearl colors: would you say that the range of shades in this necklace (LINK to SJP) could be from Gulf pearls? Just curious

 

[NaturalPearls]

Wow! Thanks

One word more about pearl colors: would you say that the range of shades in this necklace (LINK to SJP) could be from Gulf pearls? Just curious

Valeria: looking at the picture, they dont look natural. It has a very high luster, natural pearls dont come in such a high luster. But you can get simillar colors from the gulf region, I have a 2 row multicolored necklace. I will post a picture of it tomorrow along with its report!

 

[NaturalPearls]

Hi Natural
We have a person on this board who thinks the new batch of Bahraini naturals showing up on the market, are from Borneo. What is your word on that?

Caitlin: totally disagree. I was telling you about the lovely pearl we found 2 months ago here in Bahrain, perfect round shape with a very nice luster. Finding perfect round ones is very rare these days, but you can definitely find baroques, not as much as before though.
By the way, Bahrain is the only country in the gulf region, or maybe the world, that doesn?t allow selling cultured pearls. It is forbidden by law. We get inspectors from the ministry of commerce every once in a while checking all the pearls we have on display and their certificates.


And it?s quite easy to tell the difference between pearls from our region and pearls from different countries/regions. The layers of the pearl itself say it all, if they come in circles, then you can be 90% or maybe 95% sure that?s its from the gulf region.

 

[NaturalPearls]

Multi-color Natural Bahraini Necklace

Multi-color Natural Bahraini Necklace

Valeria: This is the multi-colored pearl necklace I was telling you about. Going up from the centre, each pair has the same color. The first pair of the bigger necklace is has a pinkish shade, the next pair is yellow, and so on. We were able to complete the 2nd row last april, it really took too long to find perfect round ones (we call Dana) in different colors.

I have also attached the report which is issued and sealed by the gem & pearl testing laboratory of Bahrain. Theres a picture of the neckalce at the bottom. And I will re-type the details just incase they aren't clear.

Item: A graduated two-row pearl necklace consisting of larger pearls interspaced by smaller pearls.

Weight of item: 266.92 carats

Number of pearls: 97 and 101

Color: Various

Shape: Mostly round and rounded.

Dimension: the largest pearl measures approximately 10.0 X 10.1 mm

Result: Samples were found to be NATURAL PEARLS

Even the lock at the back of the necklace has 2 pearls each (total of 4 pearls in both locks) but those pearls are not included in the number of pearls mentioned above)

 

[Valeria101]

Wow! Those are great! Thanks for showing them

Valeria: looking at the picture, they don't look natural.

Ok... but I cannot suspect this source for foul play. Perhaps an overly-optimistic picture.