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<\/p>\nI was once more honored to attend the Annual Pearl Ruckus organized by Pearl-Guide.com (the world\u2019s foremost Open Pearl Forum). This year\u2019s is the 8th event and by large, the biggest with over 40 pearl loving attendees. It all started on July 29th and came to a close on the 31st and this great gathering of Pearl Lovers, Connoisseurs & Experts took place in a great, big mansion up in Beverly Hills (the Palazzo)\u2026with a gran view of the great City of Los Angeles on scenic Mullholland Drive.<\/p>\n
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This year\u2019s talks were really exciting, with many new fresh subjects and some with historic acumen to make this a very interesting and educational Pearl Ruckus.<\/p>\n
The presentations started at 9 am on Saturday 30th with my own presentation about \u201cUnusual Mexican Pearls\u201d, offering up a description of not only our Cortez Pearls, but also of other \u2013less known- natural & cultured pearl varieties from the Pacific & Atlantic coasts, such as Pen Shell, Mussel, Scallop and Conch pearls.<\/p>\n
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I was followed by my dear friend Josh Humbert of Kamoka Pearls whose presentation was about his Kamoka Pearl Farm, then another great friend Michael Rivers with his presentation about the \u201cHistory of Pearl Nuclei Production\u201d, the followed by yet another good friend (I see a pattern here\u2026hmmm) Blaire Beavers with a very interesting talk about \u201cPearls on eBay\u201d, followed by a lunch break and continuing with a great joint-presentation by Kevin Canning (CEO of \u201cPearls of Joy\u201d) and Jeremy Shepherd (CEO of \u201cPearl Paradise\u201d)\u2026and this special presentation was all mostly about recent changes in the Cultured Pearl Association of America (CPAA), basically great news for the industry\u2026and the cherry on top: the new CPAA Pearl Course which will soon become open to the general public but that \u2013so far- will be open exclusively to Pearl-Guide.com members! You can check it out here: Pearls As One.<\/p>\n
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Finally we had yet another great presentation by Jennifer Heebner of JCK fame, showing off the work of some great designers, and this list \u2013of course- included some designs by yet another great friend: award winning Hisano Shepherd! Jennifer actually wrote about her Pearl Ruckus Experience\u2026but you will need a special login access to read it. Sorry!<\/p>\n
And to close up\u2026yet another very dear friend of mine: Sarah Cannizaro of Kojima Pearl Co, with a great presentation about the History of the Kasumi freshwater Pearl from Japan. All the presentations were fantastic and a true learning experience for all the crowd of Pearl Lovers.<\/p>\n
And actually, we talked a bit about this: Pearl Lovers are a Special breed, different from people into other gemstones (diamonds, emeralds, etc.)\u2026people that work in different areas of the Gem or Jewelry Industry.<\/p>\n
Perhaps this is due to the fact that ours is a LIVE GEM: it is created within a living organism that THRIVE in a HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT\u2026it is not an inert stone or metal that has to be dug from the ground, then uncovered, processed and finally look beautiful. So, from the very beginning it is a very noticeable difference, and this \u201cLife Aura\u201d probably attracts people that have the same affinity. I am not saying us \u201cPearl People\u201d are better than \u2013lets say- \u201cDiamond People\u201d, but just different.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I leave you with a image\u00a0of this year\u2019s BEST CORTEZ PEARL\u2026a beautiful 10.5 mm Erotochromic Gem +++ pearl. This pearl was proudly shown to all of the Pearl\u2019s Ruckus attendees. For the time being I say goodbye so I can prepare this same entry in Spanish.<\/p>\n
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Thank you!<\/p>\n
Douglas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was once more honored to attend the Annual Pearl Ruckus organized by Pearl-Guide.com (the world\u2019s foremost Open Pearl Forum). This year\u2019s is the 8th event and by large, the biggest with over 40 pearl loving attendees. It all started on July 29th and came to a close on the 31st and this great gathering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs"],"yoast_head":"\n