Gem Junkies

The Very cultured Pearl Pt 2

August 31, 2018 Parle Jewelry Design's Jonathan and Brecken Farnsworth. Season 1 Episode 16
Gem Junkies
The Very cultured Pearl Pt 2
Show Notes

Wrapping things up in our own special coating of Nacre with our part 2 of the Pearl series. Brecken and Jonathan follow the life of a well-traveled Pearl, we also head to a very strange place to uncover the worlds biggest Pearl, all while discussing what makes this little organic gem so valuable. Join us for this epic journey into the sea of Pearls!

00:00:00              Your fly is down

00:41:00              Assembling furniture/A busy weekend

02:50:00              Back to Pearls . . .the worlds LARGEST pearl

04:00:00              Any mollusk can produce a pearl

05:01:00              Another famous pearl in history – La Peregrina 

09:29:50              There are 7 factors that go into the value of a pearl: https://www.gia.edu/pearl-quality-factor

09:37:00              Factor #1 – Size

10:06:00              Factor #2 – Shape

13:42:00              Factor #3—Color

16:09:00              Factor #4 – Luster classification 

17:21:00              Factor #5 – Surface quality

18:04:00              Factor #6—Surface quality

20:38:00              Nacre and its chalk appearance

21:11:00              Factor #7—Matching pearls

23:14:00              To make black pearls

24:41:00              Gamma rays

25:41:00              The process of essence d’orient

26:27:00              How to take care of your pearls

 

For more details and articles head over to GIA  https://www.gia.edu/pearl