Jewelmer's Pearl Farm Challenges during the Pandemic - September 2021
Four decades ago, Jewelmer was established by French pearl farmer Jacques Branellec and Filipino entrepreneur Manuel Cojuangco. The brand has now become synonymous with exquisite jewelry made with the...
View ArticleCIBJO webinar to examine the impact of online trading on the pearl sector
Jewellery Industry Voices' October webinar to examine the impact of online trading on the pearl sector The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a watershed moment for jewellery's pearl sector, as it has...
View ArticleSecond Mabe Pearl Harvest in Ecuador
Directly from Dr. César Lodeiro's Pear Research Group in Ecuador (October 12th, 2021): The Research Group in Biology and Cultivation of Mollusks of the Technical University of Manabí (INBICUM-UTM),...
View ArticleCIBJO’s just-released Pearl Special Report for 2021
MILAN, ITALY: October 27, 2021 — With less than one week to go to the opening of the 2021 CIBJO Congress on November 1, 2021, the seventh of this year’s CIBJO Special Reports has been released....
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Scotland's Bill Abernethy and the Last Pearl Fisherman passed Away
In a sad note, this past November 26th marked the end of an Era for the UK's pearling tradition with the passing of Bill Abernathy: Scotland's last pearl diver and a man known for the dance in his Soul...
View ArticleSuzanne Kalan Debuts Tahitian Pearl Capsule Collection for CPAA
Renowned jewelry designer Suzanne Kalandjian of Suzanne Kalan Jewelry has collaborated the Cultured Pearl Association of America (CPAA) to debut a Tahitian Pearl capsule collection, Suzanne Kalan x...
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View ArticleChristina Assael has passed away
Our friend Jennifer Heebner has just informed us that Christina Assael, wife of the late Salvador Assael, has just passed away peacefully and surrounded by her children at her home. Her family issued...
View ArticleCPAA Member SCAM Alert!
Just today, Jennifer Heebner informed all of us at the Cultured Pearl association of America that someone is playing a SCAM by sending out an email from info@cpaa.net (this is not a CPAA email, since...
View ArticleTissue Cultured Pearls produced Experimentally in India
After decades of attempts at tissue culturing pearls, a researcher from India has met with success. Dr Ajai Kumar Sonkar, an independent research scientist from Sangam city in Prayagraj, has been...
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Pearls by the bay 2022!
REALLY, REALLY THIS TIME! An intimate day-long event focused on Pearls & Joy About this event MAY 15th 2022 IS THE DAY WE GET TO GLOW TOGETHER AGAIN! We will meet in the open air Junto Room at...
View ArticleInstagram Live Interviews on @pearlcpaa
Jennifer Heebner and Kathy Grenier of the Cultured Pearl Association (CPAA) have been very active on Instagram and have done many interviews to friends and some of the movers-&-shakers in the Pearl...
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Instagram Live Interviews-
Thanks Jeremy and Douglas for providing all those links! I tried to reply on that thread but it said I have “insufficient privileges to reply on this thread”.
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Eco-Friendly & Ultra-Luxury Pearls for Bahrain
An interesting article was recently published in CNN, with the title of Eco-friendly and ultra-luxury: How Bahrain hopes to revive its natural pearl industry. The article explains that the island...
View ArticleCultured (Beaded) Abalone Pearls from Chile
Technological Breakthrough in Pearl Culture: Cultured (Beaded) Abalone Pearls from Chile In what appears to be a major technological breakthrough in Pearl Aquaculture, Chilean Scientists from the...
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The 10th Annual Pearl-Guide Ruckus!
It's that time again! The 10th annual Pearl Guide Ruckus begins Friday, July 27th in Marina del Rey, California. Not only is this the 10th annual ruckus, but it is the biggest one we have ever had -...
View ArticleArticle - Pearl Prices Driven Up by Chinese Demand!
Continuing from her last article on this very same subject, Jennifer Heebner of CPAA & AGTA presents her latest pearl article about the price increase of cultured pearls driven by continued Chinese...
View ArticleYouTube Video - Understanding Pearl SIZE
Well, this is one hot topic for sure...it's one of the characteristics that raises eyebrows and make some confused. Our beloved Pearl-Guide.com has covered this subject before, but a video has the...
View ArticleThe Timeless Allure of Pearls
The Timeless Allure of Pearls Born perfect, forever fashionable By Pierre Akkelian In the midst of a global crisis, the pandemic created unforeseen avenues for certain sectors. While it severely...
View ArticleAn Interview with Jeremy Shepherd of Pearl Paradise
This article came up in my morning search! It's an Interview to our own @jshepherd The article is written by Sara Martins for IV Gradient Insight. An excerpt: Get inspired by Jeremy's e-commerce...
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