For Australia's Pearl Farmers, the Wild Is Their Oyster
Wall Street Journal-Nov. 12, 2016
BROOME, Western Australia—Exploring one of the planet's most isolated coastlines from the bunk bed of a working pearl boat, with its smell of marine diesel ...
7 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About Pearls
JCK-Apr. 25, 2016
In 2000, my first jewelry-writing assignment brought me to a Paspaley pearl farm ... enlightening, and very nitty-gritty conversation about pearls with GIA's Dona ...
Montreal jewelry designer draws inspiration from the world around her ...
Montreal Gazette-Feb. 7, 2016
She registered with the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) and spent a year ... seven-foot-long, necklace of oval freshwater cultured pearls to a fundraising ...
Look Out GIA: De Beers Opens Grading Lab for Trade
JCK-Feb. 22, 2016
De Beers has debuted the International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research to the trade at large. Get ready for a new addition to the industry's alphabet ...