Pearls, whether natural or cultured, are very delicate or soft in comparison to other gemstones.  Thus, we should take particular care of pearls if we want them to preserve their beauty for a long tim…

Garnet is a gemstone of the month of January.  I live In Montreal.  Here, January is a pretty cheerless and melancholic month with cold weather, snow-laden driveways, and dull grey colors without the …

Designer pearl jewelry in 2017.  Will it be popular? What happens at the end of the year or at the beginning of it.  Fashion editors, bloggers, stylists, and, of course, jewelry designers want to fore…

Nearly all pearls that we see in the market today are cultured pearls. Different countries produce different types of pearls.  The type of pearls depends on the place where they are cultured.  Thus, t…

What are keshi pearls?  “Keshi” means “a poppy seed” in Japanese.  The word is used to describe something really small.   Initially, the word was used by the Japanese pearl farmers to describe very sm…

In this post, we discuss pearls for designer pearl jewelry.  For many years, Jewelry Olga designs and creates designer pearl jewelry.   Due to various reasons, we prefer working with cultured freshwat…

Believe it or not, culturing the pearls started in China as early as in the 5th century.  The Chinese put small Budhas made of shell in the mollusks. Then, they returned them in the water.  In couple …

  Recently, we see new varieties of cultured pearls in the market. Among these, we should mention the so-called exotic Chinese Kasumi pearls again.  We also call them Kasumi like pearls or ripple…

We know about different types of pearls.  Among these, Chinese cultured freshwater pearls have become extremely popular. These pearls rival the most expensive and beautiful pearls.  At present, they r…

Natural pearls are produced by the mollusks (oysters or mussels).  These mollusks inhabit in the wild, without human intervention.  Being rare and unique, nowadays, they comprise only a small fraction…