The definitive book on Pearls, by Elisabeth Strack
At over 700 pages long, I go to Strack's book whenever I have a question about pearls.
Judi McCormick / second growth pearls
- All articles
- "cultured" diamonds
- "cultured" diamonds abalone pearl Abernethy pearl abu dhabi pearl akoya pearl all life is important all nacre pearls allah pearl Anne Boleyn's B Necklace aqua aquaprase aragonite Arco Valley Pearl baroque pearl Big Pink Pearl Bill Abernathy biogenic birth
- abalone pearl
- Abernethy pearl
- abu dhabi pearl
- akoya pearl
- all life is important
- all nacre pearls
- allah pearl
- Anne Boleyn's B Necklace
- aqua
- aquaprase
- aragonite
- Arco Valley Pearl
- baroque pearl
- Big Pink Pearl
- Bill Abernathy
- biogenic
- birth of venus
- Black Beauty Pearl
- black lipped oyster
- bleaching pearls
- blue akoya
- bridal pearls
- brosnan in pearl
- Canning Jewel
- Carapus pearl fish
- cartier
- cartier pearl necklace
- chocolate pearls
- cleaning jewelry
- cleaning pearls
- Coco Chanel
- color of pearls
- conch pearls
- contemporary men in pearls
- coral
- coral reefs
- Covid disruption to supply chain
- CPAA
- cultured abalone pearls
- Cultured Pearl Association of America
- cultured pearls
- culturing a pearl
- designer pearl jewelry
- Douglas McLaurin
- earrings
- Elisabeth Strack
- emperors in pearls
- farmed pearls
- fiji pearls
- filter feeders
- fraud pearl
- freshwater pearls
- freshwater vs saltwater pearls
- gem
- Gemstones
- gold lipped oyster
- golden south sea pearls
- grain of sand
- growth of a pearl
- HaLong Pearl Farm
- Henry Philip Hope
- historical pearl
- historical pearl jewelry
- history of men in pearls
- Hope Diamond
- hope pearl
- how a natural pearl is created
- how to buy pearls
- Imperial Hong Pearl
- Imperial State Crown
- implanting an oyster
- iridescence
- Jacques Branellac
- Japanese decorating pearls
- Jewelmer
- jewelry care
- Joc Pederson in pearls
- judging pearls
- Justin Hunter
- keshi pearls
- King Charles II of Spain pearl
- kings in pearls
- La Mer en Majeste
- lab grown diamonds
- largest pearl
- little willie pearl
- luster
- maeshori
- Maisie Plant
- maki-e pearls
- mantle tissue
- mediterranean coral
- melo melo pearls
- men in pearls
- Miracle of the Sea pearl
- Morton Plant
- mother of pearl
- mother of pearl vs pearl
- mughals in pearls
- nacre
- natural pearl
- natural pearls
- necklace
- new
- Nicholas Paspaley
- nucleus
- orient
- oyster
- pearl and diamond tiara
- pearl buying future
- pearl crown
- pearl ecosystem
- pearl farm worker
- pearl farms
- pearl finishes
- pearl jewelry
- pearl nacre thickness
- pearl of Lao Tzu
- pearl oyster
- pearl oyster ecosystem
- pearl pioneers
- pearl prismatic color
- pearl quaities
- Pearl Qualities
- pearl quality
- pearl treatments
- Pearl Type
- pearls are organic
- pearls as a sustainable gem
- pearls organic
- philippine south sea pearls
- pinctada maxima
- pink pearls
- pinking akoya pearls
- princess diana
- Princess Diana's pearls
- pteria sterna oyster
- pure pearls
- Queen Elizabeth's favorite tiara
- Queen Sophia
- queens in pearls
- rare pearls
- real men in pearls
- royal pearls
- saltwaterpearls
- Scotish River pearls
- sea of cortez
- second growth pearls
- shape
- size
- south sea pearls
- south sea pearls vs akoya
- spat
- spat collector
- Spencer
- spencer tiara
- surface
- sustainable coral
- Swimming in pearls
- swimming in pearls?
- synthetic diamonds
- tahitian pearls
- tiara
- tips for buying pearls
- tokki pearls
- Uncategorized
- Urushi lacquer
- value of natural pearls
- venus as beautifuland rare as a pearl
- venus born as a pearl
- vintage pearl
- Vladimir Tiara
- wearing pearls in saltwater
- what are the best pearls
- white south sea pearls
- worlds oldest pearl
Why Are Keshi Pearls, Pearls Gone Wild?
Keshi pearls are created accidentally by the mollusk. It is either a second growth byproduct after a nucleated pearl has matured or grown after a nucleus is rejected by the mollusk. They are total nacre.
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What are Keshi Pearls?
Keshi Pearls are a little known form of, what I like to describe as, "pearls gone wild". Keshi Pearls are smaller and grown as a second growth of a cultured pearl or if the first nucleation is rejected.
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