Out of all non-nacreous pearls the most renowned are the blister pearls, two of which created international headlines, the "Pearl of Allah" and the "P...

Can you give us some actual values realized by non-nacreous pearls, such as blister pearls, conch pearls,melo melo pearls and quahog pearls at auction...

Conch Pearl is defined as a non-nacreous pearl consisting of calcium carbonate arranged concentrically in a crossed lamellar microarchitecture. This ...

How does the CIBJO Pearl Book define Conch pearl, Quahog pearl and Melo Melo pearl ?

Yes, there is. The international body recognized worldwide is the "CIBJO - The World Jewelry Confederation," based in Milano, Italy, a non-profit conf...

Is there an international body that sets up the standards and guidelines for the natural and cultured pearl industry ?

Wow !!! The non-nacreous melo-melo pearl, conch pearl and the purple quahog pearl look stunningly beautiful, in comparison with the La Peregrina, but ...

Yes Mike, I agree with you on this point. Some conch pearls, melo-melo pearls and quahog pearls produce a flame-like shimmering effect known as "flame...

Yes indeed, some of the conch pearls, melo-melo pearls and quahog pearls look so beautiful. It's unfair not to categorize them as "true pearls."

From a biological point of view all shelled mollusks, such as oysters, mussels, clams, conchs, scallops, melo-melo shellfish etc. are capable of prod...

From a biological point of view all shelled mollusks, such as oysters, mussels, clams, conchs, scallops, melo-melo shellfish etc. are capable of prod...

Thank you. I specialize on pearl jewelry.

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