Characterises the akoya cultured pearls produced on the eastern shoreline of Australia using native Pinctada imbricata fucata molluscs.
Read MoreBlack pearls have been found in Mexico’s Gulf of California since the area was settled more than 2,000 years ago.
Read MoreAlthough the Pinctada margaritifera oyster usually is associated with the black pearls cultured in French Polynesia, it also can produce attractive large yellow cultured pearls.
Read MoreChinese freshwater cultured pearls (FWCPs) are assuming a growing role at major gem and jewellery fairs, and in the market at large.
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There has been considerable debate in the gem trade concerning the nucleation procedures being used to grow large round Chinese freshwater cultured pearls.
Read MoreThe successful culturing of abalone pearls has been known since French scientist Louis Boutan’s experimentation in the late 1890s, but commercial production has only been achieved in recent decades.
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The history of Baja California has been closely tied to the exploitation of pearls since the 16th century.
Read MoreHistorically, natural black pearls have been one of the rarest and most exotic of gem materials.
Read MoreThe American freshwater pearl industry and its new entry, the freshwater cultured pearl.
Read MoreThis article describes the method of culturing these "pearls" as well as the differences between this material and 3/4 South Sea cultured pearls or assembled cultured blister pearls (Mabe pearls).
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