Pearls Links

Haws & Ellis, Collecting Black-lip Pearl Oyster spat

        http://library.kcc.hawaii.edu/CTSA/publications/144/Spat.htm

Asian Pearly Mussels [with links to other World Unionaceans]

        http://members.aol.com/savetheclams/AsiaUnios.html

Atlas Pacific Ltd [producer of South Sea pearls]

        http://www.atlaspacific.com.au

Australian pearls

        http://www.costellos.com.au/pearls/index.html

Bironite, substitute nucleus material

        http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/News/POIB/13/POIB13-6.htm

Buddensíek, Volker, Research in Freshwater Pearl Mussels [Germany]

         http://www.volkerbuddensiek.de/fpm_en.htm

Cultured Pearl Information Center [Akoya pearls]

        http://www.pearlinfo.com/

Eyris Blue Pearl Company [New Zealand Abalone pearls]

        http://www.bluepearls.com

Federal Trade Commission [US], 2001 Guidelines for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries

        http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/guides/jewel-gd.htm

Geiger, Malachias, 1637, Margaritologiae, Munich; Latin text reproduced

        http://www.reger.rmc.de/perle/latein.htm

Gemological Institute of America

        http://www.gia.edu/about/index.cfm

Indian freshwater pearls

        http://business.vsnl.com/pearlindia/f6.html

Japan Pearl Exporters Association [Akoya pearls]

        http://www.japan-pearl.com/

Lake Biwa, Japan

        http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/asi/asi-01.html

Lake Kasumigaura, Japan

        http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/asi/asi-35.html

Marine Invertebrates of the South Pacific: An Examination of the Trade [WWF and IUCN]

        http://www.traffic.org/publications/summaries/marine-invertebrates.html

Mexican pearls in cosmetic use

        http://www.pimsa.com/nassh/mopp.html

Mikimoto Company [Akoya pearls]

        http://www.mikimoto.co.jp/

Mississippi River Home Page [American freshwater pearls]

        http://www.greatriver.com/pearls.htm

Myanmar pearls

        http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/News/POIB/12/1aMyanmar.htm

Nova, “The Perfect Pearl”

         http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pearl/

O’Sullivan, Dos, “Cultured pearls revealed to be an Australian invention”

         http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/News/POIB/12/11BCultured.htm

Pacific Pearl Culture, Ltd. [Peter J. Fankboner’s abalone pearl site]

         http://www.sfu.ca/~fankbone/r/pcfcprl.html

Paspaley Pearls [South Sea cultured pearls, commercial site]

         http://www.paspaleypearls.com/

Pearl Case Study [American University, Washington, DC]

         http://www.american.edu/ted/pearl.htm

Pearl Net World

         http://www.pearlnetworld.com

Pearls Unique [natural freshwater pearls, commercial site]

         http://www.pearlsunique.com/

Perlas del Mar de Cortez [Mexican cultured pearls]

         http://www.perlas.com.mx/

Perles de Tahiti [black pearls of French Polynesia]

         http://www.tahiti-blackpearls.com/home.html

Precious Stone Laboratory, London

         http://www.precious-stonelab.co.uk/pearl_identification.htm

Reger, Karl-Heinz, German freshwater pearl history

         http://www.reger.rmc.de/perle/Lichtenfels_gesamt.htm

Seychelles National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

         http://www.biodiv.org/doc/world/sc/sc-nr-01-en.pdf

Shinju Pearls [Japan]

         http://www.shinjupearl.com/about.html

Tahiti Pearl News publication [black pearls of French Polynesia]

         http://www.tahiti-blackpearls.com/news/index.html

Tun, Tint, Myanmar pearling: past, present and future

            http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/News/POIB/12/1aMyanmar.htm

US Geological Survey pearls page [US industries, including freshwater, abalone, and Hawaiian]

            http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/gemstones/sp14-95/pearls.html

University of Texas at Austin

            http://www.geo.utexas.edu/courses/347k/redesign/Gem_Notes/Pearl/pearl_main.htm

Western Australia, Fisheries Department [South Sea pearls]

            http://www.wa.gov.au/westfish/sof/1999/aqua/aquanc01.html

Additions and changes welcome – please email mikkel@amnh.org

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