$200.3 Million Private Jewelry Collection – The Heidi Horten Auction
$200.3 Million Private Jewelry Collection - The Heidi Horten Auction
Heidi Horten's jewelry collection has now been sold! For just over $200 million dollars!
Over a...
In Bahrain, only Natural Pearls will do
A real gem: In Bahrain, only Natural Pearls will do
When customers walk into a jewelry store in Bahrain and see a showcase of pearls,...
“Never Stop Innovating: Gem Artist Chi Huynh”
"Never Stop Innovating: Gem Artist Chi Huynh"
GIA's Gems & Gemology's Winter issue has several articles worth reading.
But there is one feature story that...
Their world was the oyster: Oldest pearl town found in UAE
Their world was the oyster: Oldest pearl town found in UAE
By JON GAMBRELLAssociated PressMarch 20, 2023
Archaeologists say they have found the oldest pearling town...
South Seas Cultured Pearls
South Seas Cultured Pearls -
South Seas cultured pearls are (most commonly) grown by implanting a mother of pearl (MOP) spherical bead inside a...
Natural Pearls
Natural Pearls -
Pearls that are created by Mother Nature (and the oyster, of course) are called "Natural Pearls." There is no (intentional) human...
An Unusual Pearl: Coated or Not?
Roskin Gem News ReportGary Roskin
Conch Pearl: Coated, or not?
Identification of pearl coatings can be a bit tricky, especially if the coating has been performed...
