09/06/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
Researchers have determined that a rare, almost perfectly round pearl discovered in Australia grew naturally about 2,000 years ago.
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08/07/2014
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
Australian Pacific Pearls is the latest supplier to initiate a vertical market strategy by opening its first retail outlet – an Allure South Sea Pearls store.
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12/11/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
Scientists in Switzerland are said to have achieved a breakthrough in
pearl research, whereby the origins of pearls can now be traced using
oyster DNA.
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24/06/2013
• Emily Mobbs • Former Editor
In response to increased exhibitor and visitor numbers, the organiser of the Hong Kong International Jewellery Show has decided to split the fair into two separate events.
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13/11/2012
• Jeff Salton • Assistant Editor
In what’s believed to be a world first for the industry, a jewellery fair is being held aboard a $40 million, 228-foot luxury mega-yacht and an Australian company is participating in the international event.
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21/08/2012
A Gemmological Institute of America (GIA) examination laboratory
recently received an unusual pearl, which bore a striking resemblance to
a mushroom.
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17/07/2012
Pearl jewellery brand Paspaley has come under fire for its response to
negative feedback posted on its Facebook page in the wake of the damning
Four Corners report last week.
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21/06/2011
• Sonia Nair
A California-based pearl jewellery company credited with the biggest
innovation in the pearl market in the past 10 years has set its sights
on the Australian market.
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09/11/2010
• Sonia Nair
High-end South Sea pearl jewellery supplier Autore has launched a design-led website that includes educational content for consumers.
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18/05/2010
Keshi cultured pearls are being wrongly labelled – and sold – as natural pearls, according to warnings from a worldwide authority on gem gradings.
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03/05/2010
CIBJO, the world jewellery confederation, has updated its standards for the pearl industry – including rules affecting jewellery retailers and suppliers.
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