African Women Gold Diamond Fashion 2015 Jewellery 10005

African Women Gold Diamond Fashion 2015 Jewellery 10005

African Women Gold Diamond Fashion 2015 Jewellery.  By Aamir Mannan. African Jewelry - Conclusion Africa craftsman continue to produce beautiful traditional bead work unique to their region or tribe. Often this is for sale to tourist and through online websites. There is also a lot of African inspired...

Syria, Syrian Arab Republic Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 154

Syria, Syrian Arab Republic Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 154

 Syria, Syrian Arab Republic Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery.  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...

African Women Gold Diamond Fashion Party Jewellery 10004

African Women Gold Diamond Fashion Party Jewellery 10004

African Women Gold Diamond Fashion Party Jewellery.  By Aamir Mannan. African Bead Jewelry When it comes to jewelry perhaps Africa is best know for its handmade beautiful beadwork. The beads produced in Africa are often called trade beads due to the fact that for many centuries they were used in exchange...

Switzerland Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 153

Switzerland Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 153

 Switzerland Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery.  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 and...

African Women Gold Diamond Fashion Party Jewellery 10003

African Women Gold Diamond Fashion Party Jewellery 10003

African Women Gold Diamond Fashion Party Jewellery.  By Aamir Mannan. Materials Used in African Jewelry Through out history Africans have tended to use organic materials and materials that were readily available in their region to create their jewelry. This was especially true in their early history....

Sweden Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 152

Sweden Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 152

 Sweden Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery.  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 detail...

African Gold Diamond Fashion Party Jewellery 10002

African Gold Diamond Fashion Party Jewellery 10002

African Gold Diamond Fashion Party Jewellery.  By Aamir Mannan. Africa is the birth place of mankind and human civilization. It is also where people first made and wore jewelry. Perforated pea-sized snail shells used as beads dating back 75,000 years have been unearthed in a cave, named Blombos, on...

Swaziland Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 151

Swaziland Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 151

Swaziland Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery.  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...

African Gold Diamond Fashion Party Jewellery. 10001

African Gold Diamond Fashion Party Jewellery. 10001

African Gold Diamond Fashion Party Jewellery.  By Aamir Mannan. African Jewelry Fashion Jewellery in. African Jewellery. gold And silver fashion jewellery it is a great African Fashion Jewellery  2015 wedding party diamond jewellery.  Handcrafted African jewelry is known for its beauty...

Suriname Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 150

Suriname Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 150

 Suriname Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery.  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...

Sudan Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 149

Sudan Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 149

 Sudan Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery.  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...

Sri Lanka Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 148

Sri Lanka Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 148

 Sri Lanka Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery.  By Aamir Mannan. A hole drilled even slightly off-center can ruin a necklace or other piece of jewelry that depends upon the symmetry of its assembly of pearls. Finally, it's time for matching and stringing. This can be even more difficult...

Spain Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 147

Spain Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 147

 Spain Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery.  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...

South Sudan Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 146

South Sudan Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 146

 South Sudan Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery.  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...

South Africa Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 145

South Africa Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 145

 South Africa Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery.  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...

Somalia Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 144

Somalia Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 144

Somalia Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery.  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...

Solomon Islands Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 143

Solomon Islands Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 143

 Solomon Islands Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery.  By Aamir Mannan.  The cells from the mantle tissue develop around the nucleus forming a sac, which closes and starts to secrete nacre, the crystalline substance that forms the pearl. The nucleated oysters are then returned to the...

Slovenia Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 142

Slovenia Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 142

 Slovenia Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery.  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...

Slovakia (Slovak Republic) Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 141

Slovakia (Slovak Republic) Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 141

 Slovakia (Slovak Republic) Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery.  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...

Singapore Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 140

Singapore Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 140

 Singapore Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery.  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,...

Sierra Leone Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 139

Sierra Leone Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 139

Sierra Leone Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery.  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...

Seychelles Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 138

Seychelles Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery 138

Seychelles Pearl Gold Diamond 2015 Fashion Jewellery.  By Aamir Mannan. But today, with the advent of pearl cultivation, pearls are available and affordable to all. How pearls Form In Oysters The birth of a pearl is truly a miraculous event. Unlike gemstones or precious metals that must be mined...

Serbia Pearl Gold Diamond Fashion Jewellery 137

Serbia Pearl Gold Diamond Fashion Jewellery 137

 Serbia Pearl Gold Diamond Fashion Jewellery.  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...

Senegal Pearl Gold Diamond Fashion Jewellery 136

Senegal Pearl Gold Diamond Fashion Jewellery 136

 Senegal Pearl Gold Diamond Fashion Jewellery.  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, while...

Saudi Arabia Pearl Gold Diamond Fashion Jewellery 135

Saudi Arabia Pearl Gold Diamond Fashion Jewellery 135

Saudi Arabia Pearl Gold Diamond Fashion 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 and shimmering...