Niger Fashion 2014 Pearl Gold And Silver Wedding Jewellery 107

Niger Fashion 2014 Pearl Gold And Silver Wedding Jewellery 107

Niger Fashion 2014 Pearl Gold And Silver Wedding Jewellery.  By Aamir Mannan. Brief History pearls Many thousands of years ago, long before written history, human beings probably discovered the first pearl while searching the seashore for food. Throughout history, the pearl, with its warm inner glow...

Nicaragua Fashion 2014 Pearl Gold And Silver Wedding Jewellery 106

Nicaragua Fashion 2014 Pearl Gold And Silver Wedding Jewellery 106

Nicaragua Fashion 2014 Pearl Gold And Silver Wedding Jewellery.  By Aamir Mannan.  Eassy on the History of Cultured pearls In this essay you'll learn about the history of pearls, how they form in oysters, and how cultured pearls are generally cultivated, harvested and processed for market. Cultured...

New Zealand Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 105

New Zealand Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 105

New Zealand Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. Akoya Pearl Processing The exacting procedure of sorting cultured pearls is especially time-consuming with Akoya pearls. One reason is: there are so many pearls to sort through. Another is that Japanese matching requirements...

New Caledonia Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 104

New Caledonia Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 104

 New Caledonia Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. Generally, Akoya cultured pearls take 10 to 18 months from the time they are nucleated to the point they're ready for harvest. Akoya Pearl Harvesting Akoya cultured pearls are the most difficult and costly to grow because...

Netherlands Antilles Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 103

Netherlands Antilles Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 103

Netherlands Antilles Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. You learned how cultured pearls are generally cultivated, harvested and processed for market. Now let's see what points of interest apply in these areas to the Akoya pearl specifically. We'll do the same with South Sea...

Netherlands Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 102

Netherlands Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 102

 Netherlands Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. Here, over the past hundred years, Japanese pearl growers have refined the techniques of pearl cultivation to a high art -- to a point where some of the world's loveliest pearls are grown, in a country where attention to...

Nepali Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 101

Nepali Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 101

Nepali Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. Then, in 1905, after 12 years of painstaking work and trial-and-error, he successfully produced his first totally round pearl. What had once been a gem reserved for the upper class and nobility, would now be available for all to own...

Nauru Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 100

Nauru Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 100

 Nauru Pearls Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. Know your Akoya pearls The story of Akoya pearl cultivation is a fascinating one, the result of the hard work and creativity of several important individuals. But the story of Akoya pearls is especially associated with the...

Namibian Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 99

Namibian Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 99

Namibian Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. CULTURED PEARL PRODUCTS In this essay you'll learn about Akoya.html">Akoya, South Sea, and Tahitian cultured pearls -- three kinds of pearls that together satisfy the entire range of customer desires. You'll learn about the...

Myanmar Burma Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 98

Myanmar Burma Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 98

Myanmar Burma Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. These are the precious treasures of pearl cultivation, the rare prizes of any jewelry collection. After harvesting, gem quality pearls must be sorted. Because no two pearls are ever exactly alike, sorting pearls is an extremely...

Mozambique Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 97

Mozambique Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 97

Mozambique Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. On average, only 50 percent of nucleated oysters survive to bear pearls, and of them, only 20 percent bear pearls that are marketable. The rest are simply too imperfect, too flawed to be called jewels. And so, a perfect pearl is...

Morocco Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 96

Morocco Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 96

 Morocco Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. How pearls are processed for market Saltwater cultured pearls can never be a mass-produced, factory-like product. The whims of unpredictable Mother Nature do not allow it. Millions of oysters are nucleated every year, but...

Montserrat Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 95

Montserrat Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 95

Montserrat Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. Periodically, the oysters are lifted from the sea for cleaning and health treatments. Seaweed, barnacles and other seaborne organisms that might interfere with their feeding are removed from the oysters' shells. The shells are also...

Montenegro Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 94

Montenegro Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 94

Montenegro Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. In Japanese pearl cultivation, scientists have isolated strains of oysters that possess superior pearl-producing qualities. These selectively-bred oysters produce pearls of exceptional lustre and color clarity. In a process referred...

Mongolian Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 93

Mongolian Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 93

Mongolian Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. Cultured pearls share the same properties as natural pearls. Oysters form cultured pearls in an almost identical fashion. The only difference is a person carefully implants the irritant in the oyster, rather than leaving it to chance....

Moldovan Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry 91

Moldovan Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry 91

Moldovan Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. A natural pearl begins its life as a foreign object, such as a parasite or piece of shell that accidentally lodges itself in an oyster's soft inner body where it cannot be expelled. To ease this irritant, the oyster's body takes...

Monaco Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 92

Monaco Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry 92

Monaco Pearl Fashion White Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. How something so wondrous emerges from an oyster's way of protecting itself is one of nature's loveliest surprises. For the nacre is not just a soothing substance. It is composed of microscopic crystals of calcium carbonate, aligned...

Micronesian Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry 90

Micronesian Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry 90

Micronesian Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry,  By Aamir Mannan. A natural pearl begins its life as a foreign object, such as a parasite or piece of shell that accidentally lodges itself in an oyster's soft inner body where it cannot be expelled. To ease this irritant, the oyster's body takes...

Mexico Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry 89

Mexico Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry 89

Mexico Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. How pearls Form In Oysters The birth of a pearl is truly a miraculous event. Unlike gemstones or precious metals that must be mined from the earth, pearls are grown by live oysters far below the surface of the sea. Gemstones must...

Mayotte Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry 88

Mayotte Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry 88

Mayotte Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. During the European expansion into the New World, the discovery of pearls in Central American waters added to the wealth of Europe. Unfortunately, greed and lust for the sea-grown gems resulted in the depletion of virtually all the...

Mauritius Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry 87

Mauritius Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry 87

Mauritius Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. In ancient Rome, pearls were considered the ultimate symbol of wealth and social standing. The Greeks held the pearl in high esteem for both its unrivaled beauty and its association with love and marriage. During the Dark Ages,...

Mauritania Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry 86

Mauritania Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry 86

Mauritania Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. Brief History pearls Many thousands of years ago, long before written history, human beings probably discovered the first pearl while searching the seashore for food. Throughout history, the pearl, with its warm inner glow and...

Martinique Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry 85

Martinique Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry 85

 Martinique Fashion Pearl Diamond Gold Wedding Jewelry.  By Aamir Mannan. Eassy on the History of Cultured pearls In this essay you'll learn about the history of pearls, how they form in oysters, and how cultured pearls are generally cultivated, harvested and processed for market. Cultured...