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	Pearl-Guide.com - Cultured Pearl information and Pearl Forums
		Natural pearls are those pearls which are formed in nature, more or less by chance, by a parasite or a piece of food lodging itself in the gonad or mantle tissue of a host oyster.
		Modern-day cultured pearls are primarily the result of discoveries made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Japanese researchers, most notably Kokichi Mikimoto.
		Cultured pearls can often be distinguished from natural pearls through the use of x-rays, which reveals the inner nucleus of the pearl.
	www.pearl-guide.com /cultured-pearls.shtml (460 words)

	Cultured Pearl Facts
		Pearls are grown over a period of one to two years, under the constant care of farmers keeping a watchful eye on their crop.
		Cultured pearls that do not have heavy nacre are described in the trade as "thin", and may show signs of "blinking" as the necklace is rotated.
		Mabe pearls are produced by gluing a half sphere to the shell (not within the soft tissue of the animal) of the mollusk.
	www.honora.com /cultpearlfact.html (2398 words)

	Learn about cultured pearls
		Mikimoto pearls (Mikimoto is the name of a company, not a type of pearl) come from the Akoya oyster and are the best known Japanese saltwater cultured pearls.
		The tones of the freshwater cultured pearls are dictated by the mother shell.
		Threeridge mussels (Amblema plicata) have pearls in shades of blue-green and lavender.
	www.pearloasis.com /pearltypes.html (1334 words)

	Cultured Pearl Information and Education - Zales
		The pearl, symbol of purity, virtue and modesty, is also one of the most precious types of jewelry.
		A pearl is formed when an irritant, such as sand or a parasite, becomes lodged in the shell of an oyster.
		Pearls are cultured around the world today, and different types of oysters - or mollusks in freshwater - raised in different environments create cultured pearls with different sizes, colors and other qualities.
	www.zales.com /jewelry101/index.jsp?page=culturedPearls (580 words)

	Pearls
		Today pearls are cultured by Man. Shell beads are placed inside an oyster and the oyster is returned to the water.
		Freshwater pearls are cultured in mussels, mostly in China.
		The quality of pearls is judged by the orient, which is the soft iridescence caused by the refraction of light by the layers of nacre, and lustre, the reflectivity and shine of the surface.
	www.gemstone.org /gem-by-gem/english/pearl.html (259 words)

	Cultured Pearls at Gleim Jewelers
		Because freshwater pearls are relatively easy to cultivate in large numbers, they are much more affordable than most of the other types of cultured pearls.
		Pearl treatments have been traced back as far as A.D. 400 when it was believed that if the pearls were swallowed by chickens, their luster could be improved.
		Cultured pearl quality is determined by five major criteria: luster, color, shape, surface condition, and size.
	www.gleimjewelers.com /about_cultured_pearls.htm (1343 words)

	Cultured pearl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A cultured pearl is a pearl created by a pearl farmer under controlled conditions.
		A pearl is formed when some sort of small object or irritant becomes embedded in the tissue of an oyster or mollusk.
		Natural pearls are those pearls which are formed in nature, more or less by chance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cultured_pearl (461 words)

	Pearls - Tahitian, Akoya Saltwater, Freshwater and Cultured Pearl Basics
		Black Tahitian pearls are mainly grown in the clear, warm waters of French Polynesia.
		These cultured pearls are farmed in freshwater and are grown in mussels.
		Cultured pearls evolve in a similar manner as natural pearls, with the distinction being that cultured pearls have an irritant intentionally placed by a pearl farmer to start the formation of a pearl.
	www.thepearloutlet.com /basics.htm (870 words)

	How Pearls Grow - Freshwater Cultured Pearl Farming - PearlsAndJade
		Cultured pearls farming is a highly specialized business with enormous risks.
		A natural pearl is a pearl that has grown in the mollusk on its own, without human intervention.
		A cultured pearl is a pearl that has grown in the mollusk as the result of human intervention.
	pearlsandjade.com /how_pearls_grow.asp (683 words)

	Cultured Pearls Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		This new pearl diversity is thanks to new producing countries, new mollusks, and new demand from consumers who have made multicolor strands and new styles of pearl jewelry as popular as traditional strands of white pearls.
		Pearls are an organic gem, created when a mollusk like an oyster covers a foreign object with beautiful layers of nacre, the mother of pearl.
		The quality of cultured pearls is judged by the orient, which is the soft iridescence caused by the refraction of light by the layers of nacre, and luster, the reflectivity and shine of the surface.
	www.addmorecolortoyourlife.com /gemstones/cultured-pearls.asp (713 words)

	Cultured Pearls \| Diamond Jewelry Online, All about Diamonds Gems-Wonderxtreme.com
		A cultured pearl is produced by inserting a mother-of-pearl beand into the tissues of a pearl-producing mollusk.
		Thus, the basic difference between a natural and a cultured pearl is the nature and size of the nucleus particle, and the way the pearl originates.
		Blister pearls are produced by inserting a half-bead against the shell of the mollusk.
	www.wonderxtreme.com /cultured_pearls.htm (359 words)

	NOVA Online \| The Perfect Pearl \| The Culture of Freshwater Pearls
		A great irony of pearl history is that the least expensive cultured pearl product in the market today rivals the quality of the most expensive natural pearls ever found.
		To culture freshwater mussels, workers slightly open their shells, cut small slits into the mantle tissue inside both shells, and insert small pieces of live mantle tissue from another mussel into those slits.
		After one experimenter used small off-round naturals as nuclei, he sent the resulting freshwater pearls to a gem lab and received a report identifying them as "naturals." If pearl farmers can grow cultured pearls that test as naturals, the market may be in for a wild ride.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/pearl/freshwater.html (1111 words)

	Cultured Pearl Jewelry
		Cultured pearl jewelry, in every form from necklaces to earrings and bracelets, is available for jewelry collectors.
		Before cultured pearl jewelry, natural pearl jewelry was made from pearls formed by an accident of nature.
		Cultured pearl jewelry can also be made in to many exciting custom pieces as well.
	www.pearlsonly.com /cultured-pearl-jewelry/index.html (244 words)

	Lombok Golden Pearls Indonesia
		Farmer Pearls in Lombok is a business which passed on from one generation to the other, so colleted 15 farmers association company pearls in Lombok harvest that product is real taken 1,30 tons till 2 tons every one years produces the best quality standard International, it's also supported by professional and competent wholesale.
		A perfectly round pearl is the most sought after and the rarest of cultured pearls.
		Cultured pearls of 5-17 mm are the most common, above this size the price jumps upward rapidly with each half-millimeter from 7.5mm up.
	www.goldenpearls.biz (968 words)

	American Pearl Company
		Naturally occurring pearls are the most precious because of their rich color and orient displaying an incredible rainbow of iridescence born from deep layers of the protective nacre of the mussel.
		Our cultured pearls are available in a variety of original shapes, our most popular is the exclusive Domé Pearl® is immediately recognized as a cultured pearl of high quality, rich luster, and breathtaking orient.
		At American Pearl Company® we combined these desirable qualities of the natural pearl and the predictability of the cultured pearl by cultivating for years instead of months.
	americanpearlcompany.com /our_company (1226 words)

	Kelley Jewelers Education - Cultured Pearls
		A cultured pearl is a pearl formed by an oyster, composed of concentric layers of a crystalline substance called nacre deposited around an irritant placed in the oyster's body by man.
		Pearls of irregular and asymmetrical shape are termed baroque.
		Cultured pearls themselves are relatively rare, as they can only be grown in limited areas of the world's oceans and take years to grow.
	www.kelleyjewelers.com /kelleys/edu_culturedpearls.html (1103 words)

	Myanmar Pearl Enterprise Categories of Spherical Pearl- Myanmar(Burma)
		Natural pearls are so rare that thousands of oysters might have to be opened in order to reveal a single pearl and even then the pearl is likely to be tiny, misshapen and practically worthless.
		Cultured pearls are almost identical to natural ones except that a person has activated the process by providing a bead and a graft tissue to form a pearl.
		Freshwater cultured pearls are cultivated in freshwater molluscs occurring in places such as the Huazhong region in China (along the bank of Yangtse), and Japan’s Lake Biwa.
	www.myanmarpearl.com /categories.htm (861 words)

	Cultured Pearl Jewelry
		14 karat white gold pendant with one cultured pearl, approximately 8.2mm, surrounded by diamonds,.08cttw, on an 18" 14 karat white gold link chain with spring catch.
		16" strand of dyed cultured freshwater angel wing pearls in a raspberry color are individually spaced by faceted hematite beads.
		The necklace is finished with a sterling silver hook and a 2" extender to adjust length from 16" to 18".
	www.sandbergjewelers.com /cultprl.htm (854 words)

	Pearls Pearl Jewelry Pearl Necklace Cultured Pearls
		American Pearl is your direct connection to variety of cultured pearls from all over the world from Japanese Akoya Pearls to South Sea Pearls such as the Black Tahitian Pearls.
		We have long established relationships with farmers in pearls from Australia (white south sea pearls), Tahiti (fl south sea Pearls) and Indonesia (golden south sea) and Japan (Japanese Akoya).
		Once one understands the variety of cultured pearls available (the different shapes, sizes, colors and qualities of pearls) then one can identify or compose the necklace that is appropriate.
	www.americanpearl.com (402 words)

	American Gem Trade Association - Cultured Pearl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Pearls were so cherished by man that as the sources of natural Pearls became exhausted, he learned to cultivate them by implanting an irritant into an oyster.
		Cultured Pearls come in many beautiful colors, from palest cream and white to rose, lilac, green, gold, gray, and the dramatic Tahitian fl.
		Cultured Pearls come in many shapes and sizes, and can be acquired in both graduated and uniform strands.
	www.agta.org /consumer/gemstones/variations/cpearl.htm (211 words)

	Pearl Paradise Pearl Jewelry - Cultured Pearls - How Cultured Pearls Are Grown - Pearl Oysters
		Pearl technicians monitor water temperatures and feeding conditions daily at various water depths, and move the oysters to take advantage of the best growing conditions.
		The newest crop of pearls is treated to series of gentle treatments to prepare them for their jewelry debut.
		The pearls are first soaked for several days in a mild cleaning solution under intense flourescent light, to remove any deposits and odors they may have accumulated during their days in the ocean.
	www.pearlparadise.com /culturedpearls.html (697 words)

	CULTURED PEARL JEWELRY
		Pearls are also known for their dramatic beauty, timeless appeal, and lustrous sheen, pearls have retained a level of desirability and lasting value that no other gem has!
		PEARL FORMATION: Natural pearls form when an irritant (like a grain of sand) lodges under the mantle of a mollusk (oysters in saltwater, mussels in freshwater).
		To culture pearls, a bead nucleus is inserted under the mantle, triggering the nacre-forming process.
	www.expage.com /culturaledpearls (257 words)

	Antiques Roadshow/Tips of the Trade: Pearl Wisdom
		What he's doing is using his teeth to feel whether a pearl's surface is gritty, meaning it's a natural or a cultured pearl that a clam or oyster has worked on; or slippery, meaning it's a chintzy plastic imitation pearl.
		Pearl "farmers" make cultured pearls by implanting the clam or oyster with a "seed." Pearl makers over the years have experimented with various seeds, including a glass marble, a plastic bead, or a rounded piece of pigtoe clam shell, which produces the most desirable of all cultured pearls.
		If the pearl already has a hole in it for a strand to pass through, he uses a tiny fiber optic light to probe the drill hole.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/roadshow/tips/pearls/pearls.html (915 words)

	Cultured Pearls - cultured pearl jewelry
		Made famous by Mikimoto, nearly all pearls sold on the open market are cultured pearls.
		Cultured pearls form in a similar manner as natural pearls, with the distinction being that cultured pearls have an irritant intentionally placed by a pearl farmer to start the formation of a pearl.
		Japan, China and various places in the South Pacific have traditionally been major suppliers of cultured pearls.
	www.thepearloutlet.com /cultured_pearls.htm (91 words)

	Diva Pearls
		freshwater pearl necklaces, freshwater pearl bracelets and earrings, saltwater pearl necklace, Japanese akoya pearl necklace and bracelet handstrung and knotted on silk...
		Cultured pearls, the lustrous inner glow organic gem that works for you.
		Cultured Pearls: organic gems that are meant to be worn.
	www.divapearls.com (194 words)

	Pearl Bracelets - cultured and freshwater pearl bracelets
		Pearl Bracelets - cultured and freshwater pearl bracelets
		Beautuful cultured pearl bracelet with Peacock color (Blue/fl/grey) cultured pearls and sterling silver chain.
		Hindu legend tells that the god Krishna discovered pearls and gave them to his daughter Pandaia on her wedding day.
	www.pearl-jewelry.com /products.php?cat=7 (183 words)

	Custom Pearl Jewelry
		Pearl chokers, pearl ropes, opera length necklaces, what ever you would like can be ordered using either Akoya cultured pearls or fresh water cultured pearl strands from Imperial-Deltah.
		Akoya and Freshwater cultured pearl strands from Imperial-Deltah.
		Necklace clasps for akoya and freshwater cultured pearl strand necklaces, chokers and bracelets.
	www.diamondsngoldjewelrybyspottedpony.com /cupeje.html (189 words)

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		Pearls of this quality are only available at finer stores such as Tiffany & Co. or Mikimoto.
		Please click on the image of the size pearls you are interested in.
		In addition, please note that all of American Pearl's pearls are white bodycolor with your choice of rose or silver overtones.
	www.american-pearl.com /necklaces.html (142 words)

	Cultured Tahitian Pearl Jewelry
		Two 8.3mm cultured fl Tahitian pearl studs with 14 karat white gold posts and backs.
		Pearl strand sold separately and not included in the price.
		Two 8.6mm cultured fl Tahitian pearl studs with 14 karat yellow gold posts and backs.
	www.sandbergjewelers.com /tahitian.htm (556 words)

	Pearls, Pearl Jewelry, Pearl Necklaces, Pearl Earrings, Pearl Pendants
		We have relationships with pearl farms in the South Seas of Thailand to bring you excellent value and high quality pearls, a 30 day return policy if you are not happy with your pearl jewelry purchase, and FREE SHIPPING in the US.
		Pearls and Pearl Necklaces in Single, Double and Triple Strands in White, Black, mixed, and mixed color pearls.
		These pearls are graded for their quality, and the prices for the various items reflect the various factors which determine their quality.
	www.thaipearl.7p.com (346 words)

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