Pearl Knowledge Sharing
Environmental pollution - Fukui Pearl Knowledge Sharing
Since the 1960s, Hong Kong has developed rapidly. Due to the lack of attention to the ecological environment, sewage and waste could not be effectively treated, resulting in serious impacts on surrounding waters. At that time, the pearl farming industry declined due to environmental pollution......
Purifying seawater - Fukui Pearl Knowledge Sharing
Pearl oysters are filter-feeding organisms that filter seawater and prey on plankton in the water. Therefore, when properly cultivated and cultivated to a certain scale, they can purify the ocean. An adult pearl oyster can filter about 250 liters of water per day......
The History of Pearls in Hong Kong (Cultivated Pearls Part 1) - Fukui Pearl Knowledge Sharing
As pearl farming became popular, Sir Anthony Fung successfully experimented with pearl farming in the 1950s. Later, the British Hong Kong government enacted a law requiring pearl farming licenses to protect pearl oysters from overfishing, limiting the size of pearl oysters collected and the areas where pearl oysters can be farmed for the purpose of supervision. According to records, the Hong Kong government has issued 6 licenses to different people in Hong Kong to farm pearls......
Natural pearls vs cultured pearls - Fukui Pearls Pearl Knowledge Sharing
Many people mistakenly believe that cultured pearls are fake and cheap. In fact, more than 95% of the pearls in the jewelry market today are cultured pearls, with prices ranging from a few dollars to thousands of dollars, and the remaining natural pearls are even more valuable. The production of natural pearls is rare, and only one natural pearl that can be used as a gemstone is caught in about 30,000 shells......
Japanese Cultured Pearls (True Origin) - Fukui Pearl Knowledge Sharing
Akoya pearls have always been known to the public as being produced in Japan . Because they are the same species as those in Japan, Japanese pearl traders purchase them from seawater pearl farmers in Vietnam and China, and then process them into Japanese seawater cultured pearls. Now, Fukui Pearl also produces Hong Kong pearls that belong to Hong Kong. Officially, these pearls should be called "Martens pearls" because the correct name of the mother-of-pearl is Pinctada Fucata Martensii (Martens pearl oyster). ......