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The Akoya type of these from the waters of Japan have a wide range of hues like pink, peach & cream |
pearls
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$200 |
J |
PRECIOUS GEMS |
2017-03-16 |
#7489 |
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Dive, mate! The waters of Australia are rich in the white south sea variety of these gems |
pearls
|
$400 |
J |
GEMS |
2014-09-18 |
#6899 |
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In 1893 Kokichi Mikimoto developed a process to create these "cultured" gems |
pearls
|
$400 |
J |
GEMS & JEWELRY |
2011-11-23 |
#6253 |
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In the 1930s the Japanese began culturing these gems in Lake Biwa using mussels |
pearls
|
$200 |
J |
GEMSTONES |
2009-11-04 |
#5783 |
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Miss Manners says it is almost always proper to wear a strand of these, but never with your bathing suit |
pearls
|
$800 |
DJ |
GEMS & JEWELRY |
2003-07-02 |
#4353 |
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The Japanese have cultivated the Biwa variety of these gems in the fresh water of Lake Biwa |
pearls
|
$400 |
DJ |
GEMS |
2002-02-20 |
#4028 |
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In the early 1900s Kokichi Mikimoto developed the process of producing these "cultured" gems |
pearls
|
$200 |
J |
GEMS & JEWELRY |
2001-05-01 |
#3847 |
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Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I show that she wore necklaces of these mollusk gems |
Pearls
|
$400 |
J |
GEMS & JEWELRY |
2001-02-15 |
#3794 |
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The waters north of Australia yield large silver-white ones of these |
Pearls
|
$300 |
J |
GEMS & JEWELRY |
1996-04-12 |
#2685 |
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These "cultured" gems can be damaged by the acids in hair sprays, perspiration or perfume |
pearls
|
$100 |
J |
GEMS & JEWELRY |
1995-02-15 |
#2413 |
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These gems are classified as "Oriental" if they come from saltwater mollusks |
pearls
|
$200 |
DJ |
GEMS |
1994-04-15 |
#2225 |
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These gems have been fished from the waters off Sri Lanka's coast for 2,000 years |
pearls
|
$200 |
DJ |
GEMS & JEWELRY |
1994-02-28 |
#2191 |
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Simulated ones of these may be glass beads covered with a paste of fish scales |
pearls
|
$400 |
J |
GEMS & JEWELRY |
1993-07-05 |
#2051 |
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When they've grown attached to an oyster or mussel shell, these gems are called blisters |
pearls
|
$200 |
DJ |
GEMS |
1992-11-20 |
#1890 |
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Renaissance women wore several necklaces at a time, often made of these mollusk gems |
pearls
|
$100 |
J |
GEMS & JEWELRY |
1992-10-05 |
#1856 |
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In the early 1900s Kokichi Mikimoto invented a process to culture these gems |
pearls
|
$200 |
J |
GEMS & JEWELRY |
1992-07-15 |
#1833 |
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The freshwater type of these can be found in the Mississippi & its tributaries |
pearls
|
$200 |
J |
GEMS & JEWELRY |
1992-02-25 |
#1732 |
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Most of the Biwa type of these gems are cultivated in Japan's Lake Biwa, for which they're named |
pearls
|
$1,000 |
DJ |
GEMS |
1991-12-25 |
#1688 |
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Legend says Cleopatra once dropped 2 of these mollusk gems in wine or vinegar & drank them |
pearls
|
$400 |
DJ |
GEMS & JEWELRY |
1991-03-28 |
#1524 |
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Some of the finest of these gems are taken from the Persian Gulf between Oman & Qatar |
pearls
DD
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$1,200 |
J |
GEMS & JEWELRY |
1990-02-08 |
#1259 |
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Organic & opaque, they represent purity & virginity |
pearls
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$800 |
DJ |
GEMS |
1985-02-08 |
#110 |