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| Saturday, 13-Nov-2010 02:35 |
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Pearl Jewelry - The Story of Pearl Hunters
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As long as pearl jewelry have been known to people, they have been a highly sought commodity for their beauty. It's only in recent times however that the industry has taken the hunt for the perfect pearl to a whole different level. Today, the shiny orbs that we see on in display in jewelry stores have actually almost always been grown in farms.
That's a far cry from the dangerous extraction and collection methods used before the invention of modern technology. In the past, not more than 100 years ago, the only way to retrieve pearls was by diving in lakes, floods and the ocean to pick them up, one at the time. The unfortunate divers who'se job it was to do this, were often poor and lured by the relative large sums they could get. The diver would sometimes have to dive as deep as 100 feet on one single breath of air. In order to preserve air and to stay submerged the longest, the divers would hold on to heavy stones on the way down.
Naturally, this dangerous activity was reserved for the desperate or the powerless - in many cases slaves or extremely poor peasents. Today, this method is all but obsolete in most places of the world. The cheaper cultured pearls have become popular and are many times the only pearls available to the consumer.
There are however still a few isolated areas that practice this old art of pearl diving. Some of the finest natural pearl speciments come from the gulf of Bahrain. Here, divers still risk their health to retrieve what are considered the top of the crop in the world. In fact, Bahrain wants no part of the sale of cultured pearls, banned from trade. Bahrain is one of the few places on earth that does an active job in trying to preserve the natural habitat and waters from pollution.
It's an interesting story and one that continues to fascinate buyers around the world. Somehow, the beauty of the pearl grows when it's been retrieved from the depth of the ocean.
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| Saturday, 13-Nov-2010 02:35 |
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Pearl Jewelry - The Story of Pearl Hunters
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As long as pearl jewelry have been known to people, they have been a highly sought commodity for their beauty. It's only in recent times however that the industry has taken the hunt for the perfect pearl to a whole different level. Today, the shiny orbs that we see on in display in jewelry stores have actually almost always been grown in farms.
That's a far cry from the dangerous extraction and collection methods used before the invention of modern technology. In the past, not more than 100 years ago, the only way to retrieve pearls was by diving in lakes, floods and the ocean to pick them up, one at the time. The unfortunate divers who'se job it was to do this, were often poor and lured by the relative large sums they could get. The diver would sometimes have to dive as deep as 100 feet on one single breath of air. In order to preserve air and to stay submerged the longest, the divers would hold on to heavy stones on the way down.
Naturally, this dangerous activity was reserved for the desperate or the powerless - in many cases slaves or extremely poor peasents. Today, this method is all but obsolete in most places of the world. The cheaper cultured pearls have become popular and are many times the only pearls available to the consumer.
There are however still a few isolated areas that practice this old art of pearl diving. Some of the finest natural pearl speciments come from the gulf of Bahrain. Here, divers still risk their health to retrieve what are considered the top of the crop in the world. In fact, Bahrain wants no part of the sale of cultured pearls, banned from trade. Bahrain is one of the few places on earth that does an active job in trying to preserve the natural habitat and waters from pollution.
It's an interesting story and one that continues to fascinate buyers around the world. Somehow, the beauty of the pearl grows when it's been retrieved from the depth of the ocean.
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| Saturday, 13-Nov-2010 02:35 |
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Pearl Jewelry - The Story of Pearl Hunters
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As long as pearl jewelry have been known to people, they have been a highly sought commodity for their beauty. It's only in recent times however that the industry has taken the hunt for the perfect pearl to a whole different level. Today, the shiny orbs that we see on in display in jewelry stores have actually almost always been grown in farms.
That's a far cry from the dangerous extraction and collection methods used before the invention of modern technology. In the past, not more than 100 years ago, the only way to retrieve pearls was by diving in lakes, floods and the ocean to pick them up, one at the time. The unfortunate divers who'se job it was to do this, were often poor and lured by the relative large sums they could get. The diver would sometimes have to dive as deep as 100 feet on one single breath of air. In order to preserve air and to stay submerged the longest, the divers would hold on to heavy stones on the way down.
Naturally, this dangerous activity was reserved for the desperate or the powerless - in many cases slaves or extremely poor peasents. Today, this method is all but obsolete in most places of the world. The cheaper cultured pearls have become popular and are many times the only pearls available to the consumer.
There are however still a few isolated areas that practice this old art of pearl diving. Some of the finest natural pearl speciments come from the gulf of Bahrain. Here, divers still risk their health to retrieve what are considered the top of the crop in the world. In fact, Bahrain wants no part of the sale of cultured pearls, banned from trade. Bahrain is one of the few places on earth that does an active job in trying to preserve the natural habitat and waters from pollution.
It's an interesting story and one that continues to fascinate buyers around the world. Somehow, the beauty of the pearl grows when it's been retrieved from the depth of the ocean.
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| Saturday, 13-Nov-2010 02:35 |
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Pearl Jewelry - The Story of Pearl Hunters
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As long as pearl jewelry have been known to people, they have been a highly sought commodity for their beauty. It's only in recent times however that the industry has taken the hunt for the perfect pearl to a whole different level. Today, the shiny orbs that we see on in display in jewelry stores have actually almost always been grown in farms.
That's a far cry from the dangerous extraction and collection methods used before the invention of modern technology. In the past, not more than 100 years ago, the only way to retrieve pearls was by diving in lakes, floods and the ocean to pick them up, one at the time. The unfortunate divers who'se job it was to do this, were often poor and lured by the relative large sums they could get. The diver would sometimes have to dive as deep as 100 feet on one single breath of air. In order to preserve air and to stay submerged the longest, the divers would hold on to heavy stones on the way down.
Naturally, this dangerous activity was reserved for the desperate or the powerless - in many cases slaves or extremely poor peasents. Today, this method is all but obsolete in most places of the world. The cheaper cultured pearls have become popular and are many times the only pearls available to the consumer.
There are however still a few isolated areas that practice this old art of pearl diving. Some of the finest natural pearl speciments come from the gulf of Bahrain. Here, divers still risk their health to retrieve what are considered the top of the crop in the world. In fact, Bahrain wants no part of the sale of cultured pearls, banned from trade. Bahrain is one of the few places on earth that does an active job in trying to preserve the natural habitat and waters from pollution.
It's an interesting story and one that continues to fascinate buyers around the world. Somehow, the beauty of the pearl grows when it's been retrieved from the depth of the ocean.
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| Saturday, 13-Nov-2010 02:33 |
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Buying Pearl Jewelry Without Being Ripped Off
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Buying pearl jewelry can be fun, exciting and confusing. Whether you're considering a gift of pearl jewelry for someone special or as a treat for yourself, take some time to learn the terms used in the industry. Here's some information to help you get the best quality pearl jewelry for your money, whether you're shopping in a traditional brick and mortar store or online.
Pearls
Natural or real pearls are made by oysters and other mollusks. Cultured pearls also are grown by mollusks, but with human intervention; that is, an irritant introduced into the shells causes a pearl to grow. Imitation pearls are man-made with glass, plastic, or organic materials.
Because natural pearls are very rare, most pearls used in jewelry are either cultured or imitation pearls. Cultured pearls, because they are made by oysters or mollusks, usually are more expensive than imitation pears. A cultured pearl's value is largely based on its size, usually stated in millimeters, and the quality of its nacre coating, which give it luster. Jewelers should tell your if the pearls are cultured or imitation. Some black, bronze, gold, purple, blue and orange pearls, whether natural or cultured, occur that way in nature; some, however, are dyed through various processes. Jewelers should tell you whether the colored pearls are naturally colored, dyed or irradiated.
Clams, oysters, mussels and many other mollusks with limy shells are known to produce pearls. But very few kinds yield gem pearls of jeweler's quality. The pearl is an abnormal growth of mother-of-pearl, or nacre, imbedded in the soft bodies of these shellfish. It is built up, layer upon layer, in the same way as nacre is added to the lining of the growing shell and always has the same color and luster. For example, over the country, hundreds of good-sized pearls are found each year in the oysters we eat. Unfortunately these have no commercial value regardless of whether they have been cooked or not because they are dull opaque white or purple like the shell of the parent oyster. In recent times almost all pearls of gem quality come from the oriental pearl oyster which has a bright shimmering translucent nacre.
A pearl starts growing when some irritating foreign substance such as a sand grain, bit of mud, parasite or other object becomes lodged in the shell-producing gland called the mantle. Pearls formed in the soft flesh where nacre can be added on all sides are most likely to be spherical and the most highly prized. By far the great majority are flattened or variously distorted and have little value. Size, color, luster and freedom from flaws are other essential qualities. Unlike other gems, such as diamonds, pearls have an average life of only about 50 years. In time the small amount of water in a pearl's make-up is lost and its surface cracks. Because they are mostly lime, necklaces which are worn often are injured by the acid secretions of the human skin.
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| Monday, 8-Nov-2010 03:04 |
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Pearl Jewelry - The Story of Pearl Hunters
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As long as pearl jewelry have been known to people, they have been a
highly sought commodity for their beauty. It's only in recent times
however that the industry has taken the hunt for the perfect pearl to
a whole different level. Today, the shiny orbs that we see on in
display in jewelry stores have actually almost always been grown in
farms.
That's a far cry from the dangerous extraction and collection methods
used before the invention of modern technology. In the past, not more
than 100 years ago, the only way to retrieve pearls was by diving in
lakes, floods and the ocean to pick them up, one at the time. The
unfortunate divers who'se job it was to do this, were often poor and
lured by the relative large sums they could get. The diver would
sometimes have to dive as deep as 100 feet on one single breath of
air. In order to preserve air and to stay submerged the longest, the
divers would hold on to heavy stones on the way down.
Naturally, this dangerous activity was reserved for the desperate or
the powerless - in many cases slaves or extremely poor peasents.
Today, this method is all but obsolete in most places of the world.
The cheaper cultured pearls have become popular and are many times
the only pearls available to the consumer.
There are however still a few isolated areas that practice this old
art of pearl diving. Some of the finest natural pearl speciments come
from the gulf of Bahrain. Here, divers still risk their health to
retrieve what are considered the top of the crop in the world. In
fact, Bahrain wants no part of the sale of cultured pearls, banned
from trade. Bahrain is one of the few places on earth that does an
active job in trying to preserve the natural habitat and waters from
pollution.
It's an interesting story and one that continues to fascinate buyers
around the world. Somehow, the beauty of the pearl grows when it's
been retrieved from the depth of the ocean.
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| Monday, 8-Nov-2010 03:00 |
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Buying Pearl Jewelry Without Being Ripped Off
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Buying pearl jewelry can be fun, exciting and confusing. Whether you're considering a gift of pearl jewelry for someone special or as a treat for yourself, take some time to learn the terms used in the industry. Here's some information to help you get the best quality pearl jewelry for your money, whether you're shopping in a traditional brick and mortar store or online.
Pearls
Natural or real pearls are made by oysters and other mollusks. Cultured pearls also are grown by mollusks, but with human intervention; that is, an irritant introduced into the shells causes a pearl to grow. Imitation pearls are man-made with glass, plastic, or organic materials.
Because natural pearls are very rare, most pearls used in jewelry are either cultured or imitation pearls. Cultured pearls, because they are made by oysters or mollusks, usually are more expensive than imitation pears. A cultured pearl's value is largely based on its size, usually stated in millimeters, and the quality of its nacre coating, which give it luster. Jewelers should tell your if the pearls are cultured or imitation. Some black, bronze, gold, purple, blue and orange pearls, whether natural or cultured, occur that way in nature; some, however, are dyed through various processes. Jewelers should tell you whether the colored pearls are naturally colored, dyed or irradiated.
Clams, oysters, mussels and many other mollusks with limy shells are known to produce pearls. But very few kinds yield gem pearls of jeweler's quality. The pearl is an abnormal growth of mother-of-pearl, or nacre, imbedded in the soft bodies of these shellfish. It is built up, layer upon layer, in the same way as nacre is added to the lining of the growing shell and always has the same color and luster. For example, over the country, hundreds of good-sized pearls are found each year in the oysters we eat. Unfortunately these have no commercial value regardless of whether they have been cooked or not because they are dull opaque white or purple like the shell of the parent oyster. In recent times almost all pearls of gem quality come from the oriental pearl oyster which has a bright shimmering translucent nacre.
A pearl starts growing when some irritating foreign substance such as a sand grain, bit of mud, parasite or other object becomes lodged in the shell-producing gland called the mantle. Pearls formed in the soft flesh where nacre can be added on all sides are most likely to be spherical and the most highly prized. By far the great majority are flattened or variously distorted and have little value. Size, color, luster and freedom from flaws are other essential qualities. Unlike other gems, such as diamonds, pearls have an average life of only about 50 years. In time the small amount of water in a pearl's make-up is lost and its surface cracks. Because they are mostly lime, necklaces which are worn often are injured by the acid secretions of the human skin.
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| Saturday, 31-Oct-2009 01:25 |
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Cardoso, Putin discuss trade ties
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MOSCOW - Visiting Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso discussed ways to bolster trade with Russia during talks Monday with officials lobbying the interests of Russian aircraft makers and other high-tech industries.
President Vladimir Putin welcomed Cardoso to a private meeting in the Grand Kremlin Palace to be followed by talks involving top officials from both countries.
Opening the meeting, Putin said bilateral ties were developing "quite intensively." He hailed Brazilian economic successes and presented Cardoso with a copy of his own book about dancing pearl economic development in Latin America that was published recently in Russia.
Last year, trade between Russia and Brazil jumped 50 percent from the previous year to a post-Soviet peak of dlrs 1.5 billion.
Russia primarily exports raw materials and semifinished products to Brazil, while Brazil mostly sells raw sugar, coffee and tobacco here. Brazil was also hoping to expand the sales of its coffee and meat, the business daily Kommersant reported.
During the 1990s, Brazil bought some Russian aircraft and portable air defense missiles, Kommersant said.
Two Russian leading aircraft makers - Sukhoi and MiG - are competing to win a Brazilian order for 24 fighter jets worth dlrs 700 million. Speaking before his arrival on a four-day trip to Russia Sunday, Cardoso denied allegations that the contract was certain to be awarded to the French Dassault company.
"We are closely studying all offers," Cardoso said, according to the ITAR-Tass news agency.
Russian and Brazilian officials are also discussing a possibility of launching commercial satellites on Russian booster rockets from a Brazilian launchpad. And Russia was also pushing to build a nuclear power plant in Brazil and modernize its hydroelectric power plants built during the Soviet times.
Cardoso and Putin also were to freshwater pearl earrings discuss international issues. Before his arrival in Russia, Cardoso criticized U.S. missile defense plans - which Russia has opposed - and said his country and Russia share similar views on most international issues.
"Our close cooperation has become more important now when the world has declared war on international terrorism," Cardoso said at the start of the Kremlin talks.
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| Saturday, 31-Oct-2009 01:23 |
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Cardoso focuses on space, energy
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MOSCOW - Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, on a visit to the Russian capital, laid the groundwork Tuesday for expanding Russian-Brazilian cooperation in the fields of space and energy.
Cardoso met with Sergei Mironov, chairman of the Russian upper house of parliament, to discuss the possibility of Russian assistance in creating a Brazilian space rocket and cooperation in using the Alcantara space center in northern Brazil.
On the second full day of his four-day visit, Cardoso also met with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov to review trade relations. Last year, trade between the two nations jumped 50 percent from the previous year to freshwater pearl necklace a post-Soviet peak of dlrs 1.5 billion.
Russia primarily exports raw materials and semifinished products to Brazil, while Brazil mostly sells raw sugar, coffee and tobacco here.
Both nations have said they would like to expand trade into the scientific and technological sectors, expressing hope that trade could reach dlrs 2 billion in the near future, Interfax reported.
Two leading Russian aircraft makers - Sukhoi and MiG - are competing to win a Brazilian order for 24 fighter jets worth dlrs 700 million. Cardoso said the results of the tender will be made public in May.
Cardoso and Kasyanov also discussed the possibility of Russia participating in tenders for the supply of arms to Brazil, according to Interfax. During the 1980s, Brazil bought some Russian aircraft and portable air defense missiles, the business daily Kommersant said.
And in a ceremony attended by Cardoso, Russian Aluminum, General Electric Co. and Brazil's Luminar signed an agreement to create a joint venture in Brazil to build an electricity network. A final agreement on the joint venture will be signed after a feasibility study on the project is completed.
Russian Aluminum, which produces 70 percent of aluminum in Russia, will make aluminum wires.
Russia's Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov met with his Brazilian counterpart, Celso Lafer, to discuss the changing world situation in the wake of the U.S.-led war against terrorism. The two ministers also discussed the importance of the United Nations, and the situation in Afghanistan and the Middle East, according to gemstone necklace
the Russian Foreign Ministry.
On Monday, Cardoso met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said he expected Cardoso's visit to give "a new momentum" to bilateral ties.
Cardoso will travel to Ukraine on Wednesday for talks on trade and cooperation in energy and science. He is to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kuchma, parliament speaker Ivan Pliushch and head a business meeting of both countries' entrepreneurs, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday.
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| Saturday, 31-Oct-2009 01:23 |
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Candidates' cyber battles
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Russia's 11 election candidates are fighting it out in cyberspace as a backup to wholesale pearl jewelry the traditional public speeches and appearances in the rundown to the March 26 presidential vote.
Their Websites run the gamut from basic text to colorful graphics, and a few include sections in English. Some sites concentrate on the sponsoring candidate, while others take jabs at opponents.
Acting President Vladimir Putin's site – www.putin2000.ru – painted in gray, is functional and one of the few with an English section.
Regular features like biography, latest campaign news, the candidate's program, speeches and data on the electoral headquarters are included. The only link to another Website is one to the acting president's new book, "In the First Person; Conversations with Vladimir Putin."
Putin's leading competitor, Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov has a bright red Website – www.zyuganov.ru. There is an attachment in English, which mainly consists of appeals for Communist Party victory, issuing dire predictions of Russia's imminent demise and measures needed for recovery.
Flamboyant ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky preaches his version of the truth from his party's site – www.ldpr.ru – which has a full English-language version. It contains descriptions of other contenders, such as the "CIA protege" Grigory Yavlinsky, and Zyuganov "who founded his career on the misery of old generations." So far, he approves of Putin but denounces him for his "dry KGB style."
Yavlinsky, the favorite of many liberals, has promised to pearl jewelry wholesale have a personal Website soon, but his views are currently available on his party's site – www.yabloko.ru – which works as a standard billboard for his reformist news and views, with an English version also available.
The other candidates' Websites are available only in Russian and follow the usual pattern, with slight variations. They are (all prefixed with www.):
• Ella Pamfilova, a social minister from 1991-1994: pamfilova.ru.
• Kemerevo region Gov. Aman Tuleyev: tuleev.ru.
• Samara Gov. Konstantin Titov: titov2000.ru.
• Former presidential administration deputy chief Yevgeny Savostyanov: savostyanov.ru.
• Former prosecutor general Yury Skuratov: scuratov.ru.
• Chechen national and businessman Umar Dzhabrailov: umar.ru.
• Film director Stanislav Govorukhin's site was still in the making last Friday.
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