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South Sea pearls are the largest cultured-pearl variety, sometimes reaching over 20 millimeters in diameter. The Pinctada maxima oyster can take up to five years to produce a single South Sea pearl, whereas more common freshwater oysters can take as little as three months and create dozens of pearls. This long cultivation process makes South Sea pearls rarer - and more expensive. A single South Sea pearl can cost $1,500, and a necklace can reach over $200,000. So, how are these pearls grown? And what makes them so expensive?
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  • @Stop4MotionMakr
    @Stop4MotionMakr Жыл бұрын

    When you consider it took 9 years to collect the pearls for that one necklace, 36,000 is basically stealing.

  • @user-pr4vf2lp4k

    @user-pr4vf2lp4k

    Жыл бұрын

    She not only make one necklace.

  • @tahubulat5787

    @tahubulat5787

    Жыл бұрын

    yeah 9 years for that, but she is not only make one neckless in 9 years isnt it 🤔

  • @freeffree4133

    @freeffree4133

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@user-pr4vf2lp4k He's talking about the last necklace

  • @EliF-ge5bu

    @EliF-ge5bu

    Жыл бұрын

    The expression is, “it’s a steal”. Stealing does not mean the same. It’s a crime.

  • @Stop4MotionMakr

    @Stop4MotionMakr

    Жыл бұрын

    @@EliF-ge5bu no I did actually mean to say “stealing” albeit in a hyperbolic way. I mean dang the woman spent 9 YEARS on those pearls she should have been paid far more.

  • @luxuryhub1323
    @luxuryhub1323 Жыл бұрын

    My mom found a purple pearl in an oyster she was eating and they valued it at like $750

  • @Ass_of_Amalek

    @Ass_of_Amalek

    Жыл бұрын

    damn, that's awesome. if I was a cook serving oysters, I would definitely check them for pearls! xD

  • @flannagan3799

    @flannagan3799

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s why any seafood festival should have a moneylender or something. If someone slurps down a raw oyster, someone should be right there to take the Pearl off their hands for some up-front cash.

  • @Sausketo

    @Sausketo

    Жыл бұрын

    My sister and her best friend at the time had oysters together and the both found a pearl a little less than 1/4 inch, one of them was a purple pearl

  • @juansantiago7335

    @juansantiago7335

    Жыл бұрын

    They are rare

  • @mahmudasultana103

    @mahmudasultana103

    Жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @xwtek3505
    @xwtek3505 Жыл бұрын

    As a native Indonesian, the translation is quite off. The farmer said that they cleaned the oyster of moss, dirt, bacteria, and worms. They didn't talk about snails or insects.

  • @eleabolar

    @eleabolar

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for letting us know!

  • @xXxSkyViperxXx

    @xXxSkyViperxXx

    Жыл бұрын

    i heard as well "lumot". in Filipino, this also means moss

  • @shorteelan

    @shorteelan

    Жыл бұрын

    They did in the beginning. They mentioned poisonous snails preventing them from eating.

  • @HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat

    @HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat

    Жыл бұрын

  • @lisagriffin8221

    @lisagriffin8221

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! It was weird seeing them say snails and insects when I see moss, dirt etc

  • @querube78
    @querube78 Жыл бұрын

    Me:"Who the hell is willing to wait 5 years for 1 godamm pearl" **Remembers we Mexicans wait 7 years for 1 tequila plant**

  • @sayyadinawitch

    @sayyadinawitch

    Жыл бұрын

    Umm…wine 😑 Fermentation has been around for over a 100k years my dear 🤦‍♀️

  • @aperson-nb8wp

    @aperson-nb8wp

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sayyadinawitch Deer* :D

  • @bellagreen6660

    @bellagreen6660

    Жыл бұрын

    @@aperson-nb8wp deer? 🦌

  • @A2Cap

    @A2Cap

    Жыл бұрын

    @@aperson-nb8wp bro don’t correct someone if you don’t know english yourself 💀💀

  • @shamerzaihan8638

    @shamerzaihan8638

    Жыл бұрын

    @@A2Cap i know ingles

  • @izzatihassan1475
    @izzatihassan1475 Жыл бұрын

    A lot of people love the classic pearly whites, but I love the pinkish tint ones like in 5:40. Even better if it's misshapen and made into an assymetrical jewellery!

  • @lesliesteele3926

    @lesliesteele3926

    Жыл бұрын

    I have a string set of pink hue pearls from my great grandmother. The imperfect shapes and slightly pink shine is so unique. Need to get them restrung.

  • @zohaibtariq7351

    @zohaibtariq7351

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah those look beautiful

  • @kylercroci2278

    @kylercroci2278

    Жыл бұрын

    Honestly misshapen ones to me seem more realistic being that there is misshapen ones instead of perfectly round like the fake plastic junk

  • @isaiahc8390

    @isaiahc8390

    Жыл бұрын

    This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

  • @victoriaburns1487

    @victoriaburns1487

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m the same way! I could honestly care less about the color but I prefer the misshapen ones.

  • @hannahrobertson31
    @hannahrobertson31 Жыл бұрын

    My mother has a pearl necklace grown in the shape of a cross, which a Chinese family of pearl farmers made by inserting a cross shaped base.

  • @vitoshayelnikoff

    @vitoshayelnikoff

    Жыл бұрын

    Shouldn’t that be more common and sell ooh😮 that actually sound pretty awesome !!!

  • @ganangnursatriaji8895
    @ganangnursatriaji8895 Жыл бұрын

    As an Indonesian, I am happy to see that local people in Lombok can make the most of their natural wealth. With this video, I hope the Ministry of Home Affairs can open their eyes about state assets in Lombok, apart from the Mandalika GP circuit, to be developed with assistance in the form of education or investment.

  • @davidswanson5669

    @davidswanson5669

    Жыл бұрын

    I hope so too, God bless.

  • @anumansaetang5012

    @anumansaetang5012

    Жыл бұрын

    While half of indonesian population can't even afford to eat

  • @fajrireynaldo5858

    @fajrireynaldo5858

    Жыл бұрын

    @@anumansaetang5012 Well, it's exactly like your country, almost half the male population changes gender just to be able to eat and become shemale sexworker, really sad😢

  • @werren894

    @werren894

    Жыл бұрын

    @@anumansaetang5012 and no birth control from the govt tho, but ours, sometimes being force by theirs stupid normalization culture

  • @SF-ud4ej

    @SF-ud4ej

    Жыл бұрын

    You know what on Mandalika GP, they invited many middle and small business to make exclusive merchandise and most of them failed to sell anything and suffering from great loss because there is certain minimum quantity that needed to be stocked there. I've met a pearl jeweller from Lombok telling me all of this. The problem is you are not allowed to sell those exclusive merchandise outside Mandalika GP and the government didn't do anything about this.

  • @onebigdarkroom3945
    @onebigdarkroom3945 Жыл бұрын

    The import of the precursor is what they will always use to control the cost and value of the pearls. If they increase production, then the price gets driven down because they aren't nearly as rare.

  • @blabla4366

    @blabla4366

    Жыл бұрын

    Les masques tombent est la réalité fais juste peur ! Beuuw ! Une merde reste une merde quoi que tu face moi vous m'avez pourri ma vie mine de rien je rigole tjrs est cette joie d être n'a pas de prix! Ici bas tout passe mes l éternel ! Pour certains l enfer pour les autre la paix j'adore Allah le reste nique leurs mère ,.,., !$.,.,.,

  • @onebigdarkroom3945

    @onebigdarkroom3945

    Жыл бұрын

    @@blabla4366 dont speak french Pierre

  • @hrhtreeoflife4815

    @hrhtreeoflife4815

    Жыл бұрын

    True

  • @ThyLoverly
    @ThyLoverly Жыл бұрын

    tbh i prefer the irregular shaped ones, they look more unique than the perfectly round ones which are copied too much.

  • @isaiahc8390

    @isaiahc8390

    Жыл бұрын

    This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20. Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God. Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!

  • @rockytheman5106

    @rockytheman5106

    Жыл бұрын

    they would make good rings

  • @allysonmarriott9591

    @allysonmarriott9591

    Жыл бұрын

    Baroque pearls. Delish!

  • @polarnyong

    @polarnyong

    Жыл бұрын

    Those are called baroque pearls

  • @anyascelticcreations

    @anyascelticcreations

    Жыл бұрын

    Interesting. Maybe I will start using some of my more iregular shaped pearls in my designs then. I'm seeing comments everywhere here that people prefer the Baroque pearls. Nearly all of mine are. But I usually pick out the smoothest ones to use.

  • @anyascelticcreations
    @anyascelticcreations Жыл бұрын

    This is really interesting to me. I work with pearls as a designer but there is a lot that I learned in this video. For example, I didn't realize that pearls could be reshaped and shined like that. And I didn't realize that the nucleus was as big as it is. I wonder if I could learn to shape and buff some of my pearls that have flaws.

  • @ericolens3

    @ericolens3

    Жыл бұрын

    Id say practice with low grade pearls. The thing I'm concerned about is the outer layer being shaven. Is that lacquer or natural oils that give pearls their luster? I bought my neice one of the cheaper pearl necklaces under $100.

  • @anyascelticcreations

    @anyascelticcreations

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ericolens3 Yeah, definitely I would try on a low grade pearl first. I always thought that the shine was from an unblemished outer layer of nacre. And that it couldn't be fixed in any way. But theoretically that nacre goes all the way to the nucleus. So theoretically I could polish a scratched or misshapened pearl the same way I polish metal. Though my equipment is different than theirs.

  • @theecologist10

    @theecologist10

    Жыл бұрын

    Dont support this cruel practise. How would you like to be poked and prodding at, purposely hurt to produce a pearl, then go through it again each time.

  • @theecologist10

    @theecologist10

    Жыл бұрын

    Culturing involves surgically opening each oyster shell and inserting an irritant in the oyster. Freshwater pearls are cultured by inserting another oyster’s mantle tissue. Saltwater pearls have beads and another oyster’s mollusk tissue inserted. Fewer than half of the oysters may survive this process. Cultivators further stress the oysters by suspending them in water in a cage, washing their shells, moving them around in different waters, and raising and lowering their cages to subject them to changing water temperatures. After the pearls are extracted from the oysters, one-third of oysters are “recycled” and put through the culturing process again. The others are killed and discarded

  • @lawsoncallaway

    @lawsoncallaway

    Жыл бұрын

    Lower quality pearls you can pearl back the nacre layers to expose nacre with better luster

  • @jacob127w9
    @jacob127w9 Жыл бұрын

    Dang, only 36,000? I figured they were missing a zero somewhere considering that process.

  • @JayyJay92

    @JayyJay92

    Жыл бұрын

    36000 where she lives is like 120k In the US. Equivalent

  • @jacob127w9

    @jacob127w9

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JayyJay92 even so, she said that took 7 years to piece. She probably has multiple pieces being worked on at a time i imagine though.

  • @borabangtan
    @borabangtan Жыл бұрын

    I really hope this reaches some gov officials who actually care about the people and get them to support these local businesses either by giving them more chances to get better deals, more resources and or thru financial help. These people deserve more support from the country themself so that more locals develop interest in working with or for other locals

  • @alrighty6898
    @alrighty6898 Жыл бұрын

    That necklace has about 45 pearls and only cost $36k which means each pearl is less than $800. That’s still a lot for each. I wonder how much the guy sells his to the lady for it. The pearls are expensive because of its scarcity, increasing supply will bring down its cost

  • @astaridjatmiko8187

    @astaridjatmiko8187

    Жыл бұрын

    it's supposed to be sold in auction house

  • @rdizzy1

    @rdizzy1

    Жыл бұрын

    That necklace has way, way more than 45 pearls in it, just the outer one has more than 60 in it, and there are 3 strands. Probably over 150 pearls in total.

  • @gaphic

    @gaphic

    Жыл бұрын

    You think increasing the supply of luxury jewelry makes it cheaper? Someone’s never heard of lab-grown diamonds lol

  • @jovrien

    @jovrien

    Жыл бұрын

    Mikimoto makes cultured pearls, thus increasing supply (at least for them), but they still cost as much as buying a tiny car.

  • @alrighty6898

    @alrighty6898

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gaphic you think increasing the supply of something wouldn’t bring the price down? Somebody doesn’t understand supply and demand

  • @sweetpotato469
    @sweetpotato469 Жыл бұрын

    One of my favourite analogies is the oyster and the pearl. It secretes a solution around something foreign, as its unable to expel it. So even if we struggle with a problem, if we act kindly and positive with the situation, we can turn it into a pearl, which will say a lot about us :D

  • @coopercrab1709

    @coopercrab1709

    Жыл бұрын

    sango pearls

  • @morpy3077

    @morpy3077

    Жыл бұрын

    sango pearls

  • @lucky889s9

    @lucky889s9

    Жыл бұрын

    Boba pearls... Love it in my milk tea

  • @PipeScholar

    @PipeScholar

    Жыл бұрын

    I like that, thanks for sharing

  • @elon13yearsago8

    @elon13yearsago8

    Жыл бұрын

    Seems like the problem that turns into pearl, not us.. We are the oysters, remember?

  • @cassandralyris4918
    @cassandralyris4918 Жыл бұрын

    I actually prefer wonkier pearls myself. There's something appealing about them to me. Like, a reminder that this is a natural object, a real one of a kind. Also, can't they produce their own nuclei in Indonesia? I assume they're just rounded mussel shell, right? Or, does having the more expensive Japanese nuclei contribute to their appeal for some people? Either way, I can definitely see why these are so expensive.

  • @Ass_of_Amalek

    @Ass_of_Amalek

    Жыл бұрын

    nah, you just can't afford the round pearls.

  • @AliAsidqi2

    @AliAsidqi2

    Жыл бұрын

    Lack of support I guess, they probably don't know how to produce these nuclei and no one studying it yet.

  • @izzatihassan1475

    @izzatihassan1475

    Жыл бұрын

    Japan is the origin of the oyster farming for pearls. So I guess the owner wants it to be as high quality as it gets.

  • @adriennefloreen

    @adriennefloreen

    Жыл бұрын

    I also like "wonkier" pearls.

  • @Ass_of_Amalek

    @Ass_of_Amalek

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cyantn1634 actually the vast majority of pearls including these are not natural, because they contain a fake core. for the cheapest freshwater pearls, I think they use plastic balls that only get a millimeter or two of nacre coating, and in this case they use mussel shells, which are a similar material to oyster pearls, but still fake filler material and made round and big to give the pearls a big headstart in growing big and round. until a few hundred years ago, all pearls were natural, grown around randomly implanted grains of sand or shell. natural pearls only occur in a small percentage of oysters, fewer per oyster, they take a lot longer to reach the same size because their original core is very small, and they are much less likely to be round due to the lack of a round core as a starting point and the lack of manual turning of the oyster. nowadays, pearls are checked I think with x-rays to show wether they are made of concentric layers of nacre all the way to the center and thus natural, in which case they are far more expensive due to their rarity. plastic cores are certainly easy to identify, whereas these mussel shell cores may be an attempt to fool testing equipment with a similar density to oyster nacre. though I think there probably are ways to identify the lack of concentric layering. but at least the weight of the pearl will be convincing, as opposed to pearls with plastic cores.

  • @papartvlogs5360
    @papartvlogs5360 Жыл бұрын

    I work before from a pearl farm in the phillipines producing golden pearls.... love this video... it remind me of my passion...

  • @Bretzel81
    @Bretzel81 Жыл бұрын

    I always find it fascinating how they do ocean farming like this. The oysters look natural, as if they live in the sea when they are in the lab yet they aren’t; the oysters have algae and other microbes growing on them the same as if they were growing in the ocean. So interesting

  • @HisMajestyDD

    @HisMajestyDD

    Жыл бұрын

    Same as normal farming.

  • @joydixon3440

    @joydixon3440

    Жыл бұрын

    Sad thing is they can't move

  • @transfo47

    @transfo47

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joydixon3440 Oysters don't seem to really be sentient.

  • @shycracker

    @shycracker

    Жыл бұрын

    @@anyascelticcreations it's a god damn Oyster

  • @winniechau4442

    @winniechau4442

    Жыл бұрын

    I actually don’t like some Korean women hence they are deemed “evil” in my eyes

  • @johnbroe
    @johnbroe Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating. The lengths we go to for shiny little things. 💎

  • @cathybutler5291
    @cathybutler529110 ай бұрын

    I Had NO IDEA! I own a very large South Sea Pearl ring surrounded by Diamonds! It was very expensive and I LOVE IT! So interesting to hear the background! Thank you

  • @naikyunyo
    @naikyunyo Жыл бұрын

    I’m going to save up to buy one of these necklaces. What a fun goal! Thank you all for your hard work!

  • @GhostiesWithTheMosties
    @GhostiesWithTheMosties Жыл бұрын

    These videos are always so interesting I love this channel

  • @Mr.Kreator

    @Mr.Kreator

    Жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @aminayusuf2491
    @aminayusuf2491 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing. Such painstaking care and dedication.

  • @nancytestani1470
    @nancytestani1470 Жыл бұрын

    This is just amazing, thanks for sharing..

  • @andrewondon
    @andrewondon Жыл бұрын

    The in depth knowledge of these ppl is mind blowing! Imagine watching this Vid in the upmarket boutique, the buyer would pay even more

  • @maristoldboys5466
    @maristoldboys5466 Жыл бұрын

    Nice documentary. We have distinctive champagne coloured pearls here in Fiji.

  • @graziedasilva9565
    @graziedasilva9565 Жыл бұрын

    At the start they just took a clam or oysters life away but then I saw the guy carefully taking the pearl out I was so happy 😊

  • @carlaphoenix8965
    @carlaphoenix8965 Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating, very informative.

  • @13thravenpurple94
    @13thravenpurple94 Жыл бұрын

    Great work 🥳 Thhhank you 💜

  • @gokuljosh1186
    @gokuljosh1186 Жыл бұрын

    These videos are helps me a lot to keep my mind at peace. I've subscribed to all insider channels and watch all videos, it helps me a lot when im stressed or if I'm having difficulty sleeping. Thanks a lot for your work.

  • @keyqchan

    @keyqchan

    Жыл бұрын

    In other words, BI's videos put you to sleep.

  • @ramrami8848

    @ramrami8848

    Жыл бұрын

    Doar Iisus poate sa iti dea pace deplina. Roaga-te Lui.

  • @xWingzTV

    @xWingzTV

    Жыл бұрын

    they should be helping you make money

  • @ugochukwuharbor5519
    @ugochukwuharbor5519 Жыл бұрын

    So educative to watch.

  • @Meetoniceyou
    @Meetoniceyou7 ай бұрын

    I need to know more about the fully opened oyster, the partially opened oyster, and the nuclei

  • @9487087496
    @9487087496 Жыл бұрын

    Very informative and inspiring video.

  • @mzhlop4623
    @mzhlop4623 Жыл бұрын

    As Indonesian and birth and grew up in Lombok. I am so glad that Bussiner insider took this story into the world. Keep the good work!

  • @thezenithupabove2531

    @thezenithupabove2531

    Жыл бұрын

    Do you know if I can buy pearls bulk direct and get them shipped to UK?

  • @Kiki-D-Kimono
    @Kiki-D-Kimono Жыл бұрын

    I worked in a fine jewelry store for a while and sold an incredibly beautiful and expensive Tahitian black pearl ring that was several thousand dollars. While I love pearls, my favorites are the cheaper freshwater variety, because I love those imperfections and differences of color.

  • @SuperCastilloe
    @SuperCastilloe Жыл бұрын

    So interesting ❤ looks like an art 👍🏼

  • @tjloffice8433
    @tjloffice8433 Жыл бұрын

    I got my south sea pearl ring from Lombok last year. It is my favorite ring. From the farmer i heard that the value is not from the shape, even fresh water or sea pearl have weighten the value.. but the first value firstly seen from the shine against the wall pattern of the pearl

  • @abaronsnumismatics
    @abaronsnumismatics Жыл бұрын

    Good video thanks for sharing

  • @cjpurcell774
    @cjpurcell774 Жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see a episode of how videos like these get made, from idea to launch

  • @ashokkumar-se5sl

    @ashokkumar-se5sl

    Жыл бұрын

    WHEN LADIES WEARS PEARL NECKLACE UPON NECK .WHAT IS THIER BENEFITS TO BODY

  • @whitepouch0904

    @whitepouch0904

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ashokkumar-se5sl it's art. Expression of themselves.

  • @sherrizanoli1398
    @sherrizanoli1398 Жыл бұрын

    The South Sea pearls are the most beautiful pearls. I do have a pair of earrings and ring with 18mm S. S. Pearls and they are stunning.

  • @alikokileingilizce2629
    @alikokileingilizce2629 Жыл бұрын

    A pure work of art

  • @nancy4980
    @nancy4980 Жыл бұрын

    Very informative piece. I never thought the irritants/nuclei were that size or perfectly shaped. Beautiful Indonesian scenery. I wonder how the price would change when it is a naturally occurring pearl. What happens to oysters after the pearl is harvested? Is climate change and warmer waters affecting the quality and quantity of cultured pearls?

  • @fidelcatsro6948

    @fidelcatsro6948

    Жыл бұрын

    they become food

  • @Layput

    @Layput

    Жыл бұрын

    It is mentioned that naturally occurring pearls are heavily deformed. So they fetch a lower price. After 3 harvests, the oyster usually dies.

  • @vinsanity488

    @vinsanity488

    Жыл бұрын

    Nuclei are often sourced from shells of sacrificed mussels, so they can cut the nuclei to certain specifications (obviously limited by thickness of shell from sacrificed mussel). It's a pretty wasteful, but quick and relatively consistent process

  • @whitepouch0904

    @whitepouch0904

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, climate change, hot temperature makes the water acidic due to release of ions so the shells not just from mollusk but also other sea species like corals have thinner calcium framework.

  • @nancy4980

    @nancy4980

    Жыл бұрын

    @@whitepouch0904 You know, now that you you state this, I have noticed that the seashells that I have found on the beach close to a high traffic water area are thin, smaller, not too colorful, and easily breakable. I'm attributing this to the high water pollution levels. I am assuming water pollution plays a role as well. Thank you for answering. Take care.

  • @riomouris4767
    @riomouris4767 Жыл бұрын

    I've always found it interesting how pearls are essentially made by an oysters immune response

  • @kanitha1982
    @kanitha1982 Жыл бұрын

    A beautiful listen ❤

  • @aaliyahlunan876
    @aaliyahlunan876 Жыл бұрын

    The time it takes makes this real luxury

  • @samsonsoturian6013
    @samsonsoturian6013 Жыл бұрын

    Just so we're clear, pearls form when oysters get sharp things stuck inside their privates.

  • @CRneu

    @CRneu

    Жыл бұрын

    And we can grow them in a lab using bacteria, so there's zero reason to do this or to charge such high prices.

  • @phillipwright7022

    @phillipwright7022

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CRneu no

  • @bryanm6245
    @bryanm6245 Жыл бұрын

    8:37 it took 9 years to make that necklace and she only got $36k? That "Local Buyer" just made a fortune.

  • @oneshotme
    @oneshotme Жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

  • @mariabenavidez5552
    @mariabenavidez5552 Жыл бұрын

    Very informative.

  • @tehnative9779
    @tehnative9779 Жыл бұрын

    A pearl is one of the most literal sense's of "A other's trash is another mans treasure"

  • @naiseniichan8035

    @naiseniichan8035

    Жыл бұрын

    imagine buying white marbles for thousands of dollars.

  • @itisyourmaestrocris
    @itisyourmaestrocris Жыл бұрын

    The Philippines is rich in pearls. We have a variety of pearls including black pearls, which could cost an arm and a leg. Hence, this has been exploited by people across the country not knowing that it is strictly prohibited to collect some of these.

  • @sepilokfui
    @sepilokfui Жыл бұрын

    one of the most important factor is the quality of the water, clean, unpolluted, and right warmness

  • @ibugu215
    @ibugu215 Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating I had no idea

  • @phoenix5054
    @phoenix5054 Жыл бұрын

    9 years in the making with a string of near-perfect 2-year cultured pearls only fetch $36k? Diamond jewelry can easily reach that number, and you are using commom rocks whose supply is only limited by De Beers.

  • @habibainunsyifaf6463

    @habibainunsyifaf6463

    Жыл бұрын

    So you prefer us obliterate a mountain rather than farm these things?

  • @phoenix5054

    @phoenix5054

    Жыл бұрын

    @@habibainunsyifaf6463 Nah. I'm pointing out how unfair the world is. Something so rare and requires a lot of work can be so "cheap" as compared to common crap.

  • @EliF-ge5bu

    @EliF-ge5bu

    Жыл бұрын

    @@phoenix5054 common crap? I bet you have some in your backyard you can send our way?

  • @RV-ce1uc

    @RV-ce1uc

    Жыл бұрын

    @@EliF-ge5bu diamonds are common. What's available to the public is scarce because diamonds are monopolized and hoarded by greedy business men. There are a lot of stock of diamonds compared to pearls. When he said it's common it does not mean its on everyone's backyard. Where's your common sense?

  • @everythingallin4905

    @everythingallin4905

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RV-ce1uc diamonds are not common.

  • @crabmansteve6844
    @crabmansteve6844 Жыл бұрын

    These super perfect pearls just look far too manufactured. I'm a fan of the smaller less regularly shaped freshwater pearls.

  • @williamgoring7605
    @williamgoring7605 Жыл бұрын

    That was very interesting thank you

  • @nooralmalaka.k.amonasarrai5995
    @nooralmalaka.k.amonasarrai5995 Жыл бұрын

    Good job 👏

  • @patsmith5947
    @patsmith5947 Жыл бұрын

    I’m really surprised that they can open the shells completely , this is way more difficult than I thought.

  • @Ret_Army_Combat_Vet
    @Ret_Army_Combat_Vet Жыл бұрын

    My 1st job was a jeweler. Once I saw a customer bring in a string of beautiful deep gold pearls for repairs. WOW!

  • @ndb_1982

    @ndb_1982

    Жыл бұрын

    What kind of costume were they wearing? Or are you attempting to say, customer?

  • @Ret_Army_Combat_Vet

    @Ret_Army_Combat_Vet

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ndb_1982 Thanks did not check spell check

  • @shena1256
    @shena1256 Жыл бұрын

    Some of the things people figure out how to do it amazing.

  • @NorthTexasEagle1989
    @NorthTexasEagle19897 ай бұрын

    Nother great vid 👌

  • @jeremybaptistal4259
    @jeremybaptistal4259 Жыл бұрын

    6:03 growing in plastic... sad to see

  • @akankshadash7129
    @akankshadash7129 Жыл бұрын

    Damn, these pearls are even more expensive than diamonds!!!

  • @dilanikalansuriya3412
    @dilanikalansuriya34122 ай бұрын

    Thanks lot for sharing this valuable Informations. 🤝❤🌹💐🌻🦁🇱🇰

  • @Smiley_101
    @Smiley_1013 ай бұрын

    U know I do get what these farmers are going through . Sometime you’re just a small farmer in countries that not as big or popular u do get being take advantage of your hard works . I do believed they can get the support they needs as I myself love pearls ❤️ n seeing their hardworks in produce the pearls make me appreciates pearls even more ❤️

  • @LegumesEtFleurs
    @LegumesEtFleurs Жыл бұрын

    Now I know why they are so expensive. I love pearls but I found the baroque ones the most beautiful and those pinky or peachy colored ones to be more eye-catching and appealing.

  • @anyascelticcreations

    @anyascelticcreations

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm seeing so many people saying that they prefer Baroque pearls here. That's encouraging to me as a designer because most of my pearls are noticeably Baroque with very few of them without color of some kind. I think I like the silvery blue ones the best. Though, pink on an otherwise cream pearl can be really pretty, too. 😊

  • @theecologist10

    @theecologist10

    Жыл бұрын

    @@anyascelticcreations do you not feel guilty hurting these sea creatures or do you just not care?🤔

  • @shuhuitan803

    @shuhuitan803

    Жыл бұрын

    @@theecologist10 There is no central nervous system in oysters, thus they are unable to process pain. Just like plants.

  • @xWingzTV

    @xWingzTV

    Жыл бұрын

    @@shuhuitan803 the video said they can feel the irritant though… isn’t that the whole reason it creates the pearl in the first place?

  • @bendysama1728

    @bendysama1728

    Жыл бұрын

    @@xWingzTV chill dude,the farmer always clean the pearl from mose,poison snails thay can prevent them to eat etc,they get food and care when the farmers also get pearls.

  • @CATsissta
    @CATsissta Жыл бұрын

    I just can’t help but feel sad for the oysters that have to die :(

  • @fidelcatsro6948

    @fidelcatsro6948

    Жыл бұрын

    they become oyster meat ..yumyum..

  • @CATsissta

    @CATsissta

    Жыл бұрын

    @@fidelcatsro6948 At least the oyster isn’t going to die in vain then, it will feed someone who likes oyster meat (not me) :)

  • @fidelcatsro6948

    @fidelcatsro6948

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CATsissta rich in zinc and many other trace minerals!!

  • @naruoze

    @naruoze

    Жыл бұрын

    And they are restricted in a net in their life, can't moving

  • @hanselsihotang

    @hanselsihotang

    Жыл бұрын

    Well, either these farmed oysters die in this farm or their wild brethren will get hunted to extinction just for the wild pearl. It's basically the struggle of modern farming and the push to limit/abolish it, some enviromentalist doesn't realize that if you abolish farms, the problem of the greed that causes it doesn't go away. And oysters doesn't move much anyway so unlike farmed mammals, the outrage of oysters getting chained in nets are laughable.

  • @Dapyking
    @DapykingАй бұрын

    That first shot of the guy ripping the oyster made me go GOH!

  • @muhammadkafiansyah9773
    @muhammadkafiansyah9773 Жыл бұрын

    Thats my aunty, riana meilia....i am so happy n proud😍

  • @seafoodmonster3060
    @seafoodmonster3060 Жыл бұрын

    I didn't realize how dreadful the life of an oyster could be.

  • @mythicalcreature1963
    @mythicalcreature1963 Жыл бұрын

    High respect to those bringing up the oysters from sea. they aren't even using gogles

  • @oryxthetakenking8275

    @oryxthetakenking8275

    Жыл бұрын

    I was more shocked at them cleaning the oysters with bare hands despite saying poisonous snails can be on them or other predators

  • @rad8261
    @rad8261 Жыл бұрын

    I love the look of the Philippines golden south sea pearls

  • @firasaranda540
    @firasaranda540 Жыл бұрын

    Bangga cuyy🙌🙌🙌

  • @tiggercampbell6198
    @tiggercampbell6198 Жыл бұрын

    i did not know that pearls were worth anything anymore..I thought it was just old fashion..my mum had pearls so I just bought them as a family tradition in the 90s..they only cost 75 back in the 90s..

  • @unpersonableme1805

    @unpersonableme1805

    Жыл бұрын

    Heirloom not tradition

  • @user-mv9tt4st9k

    @user-mv9tt4st9k

    Жыл бұрын

    A fairly nice set of 5-7mm pearls cost more around $600.00 in the 1990s. A $200.00 set of Akoya pearls was not as pretty.

  • @isaiahc8390

    @isaiahc8390

    Жыл бұрын

    Repent and follow Jesus my friend! Repenting doesn't mean confessing your sins to others, but to stop doing them altogether. Belief in Messiah alone is not enough to get you into heaven - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36). Contemplate how the Roman empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years to accomplish the religion of the Israelites C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate though because you can start a relationship with God and have proof. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life. - Revelation 3:20 Revelation 6 1st Seal: White horse = Roman Empire conquering nations under Trajan 98-117 AD & Gospel spreading rapidly. 2nd Seal: Red horse, bloody civil wars with 32 different Emperors, most killed by the sword. 185-284 AD 3rd Seal: Black horse, economic despair from high taxes to pay for wars, farmers stopped growing. 200-250 AD 4th Seal: Pale horse, 1/4th of Romans died from famine, pestilence; at one point 5,000 dying per day. 250-300 AD 5th Seal: Diocletian persecuted Smyrna church era saints for ten years, blood crying out for vengeance. 303-312 AD 6th Seal: Political upheaval in the declining Roman Empire while the leaders battled each other. 313-395 AD Revelation 7 Sealing of 144,000, the saints, before trumpet war judgments, which led to the fall of the Roman Empire. Revelation 8 1st Trumpet: Alaric and the Goths attacked from the north, the path of hail, and set it on fire. 400-410 AD 2nd Trumpet: Genseric and the Vandals attacked the seas and coastlands, the blood of sailors in water. 425-470 AD 3rd Trumpet: Attila and the Huns scourged the Danube, Rhine & Po rivers area, dead bodies made water bitter. 451 AD 4th Trumpet: Odoacer and the Heruli caused the last Western Emperor (sun), Senate (moon) to lose power. 476 AD With the Western Roman Emperor (restrainer of 2 Thes. 2) removed; the son of perdition Popes took power. Revelation 9 Two woe judgments against the central 1/3rd and eastern 1/3rd of the Roman Empire. 612-1453 AD 5th Trumpet: Locust & scorpions point to Arabia, the rise of the Muslim army. Islam hides Gospel from Arabs. 612-762 AD 6th Trumpet: Turks released to attack Constantinople with large cannons (fire, smoke, brimstone). 1062-1453 AD Revelation 10 The little book is the printed Bible, which was needed after the Dark Ages when Scriptures were banned by Popes. Revelation 11 7th Trumpet: Martin Luther measured Roman Church; found that it’s an apostate church, not part of true temple. The two witnesses are the Scriptures and saints who proclaim the pure Gospel and testify against the antichrist Popes. Papal Church pronounced Christendom dead in 1514 AD. Silence for 3.5 years. Then Luther posted his 95 Thesis, which sparked the Protestant Reformation and brought the witnesses back to life. Millions of Catholics were saved. Revelation 12 Satan used the Roman Empire to try to wipe out the early Church, Satan was cast down as the Empire collapsed. Revelation 13 The antichrist beast Popes reigned in power 1,260 years, 538-1798, is the little horn of Daniel 7, son of perdition. The false prophet Jesuit Superior General rose to power from land (earth) of Vatican and has created many deceptions. Revelation 14 Points to great harvest during the Protestant Reformation & wrath on Catholic countries who obey antichrist Pope. Revelation 15 Overcoming saints victorious over the beast. Prelude to 7 vials and judgment on those who support Papal Rome. Revelation 16 1st Vial: The foul sore of atheism was poured out on Catholic France, leaving them with no hope, led to revolution. 2nd Vial: The French Revolution started in 1793, killed 250,000, as France had obeyed the Pope and killed saints. 3rd Vial: The French Revolution spread to rural areas of France, where Protestants had been killed in river areas. 4th Vial: The bloody Napoleonic wars shed the blood of countries who had revered and obeyed the antichrist Pope. 5th Vial: Judgment on the seat of the beast. Papal States invaded in 1798, Pope imprisoned, removed from power. 6th Vial: The Turks vast domain dried up, they were only left with Turkey. They lost control of Palestine in 1917 AD, Israel became a nation again in 1948

  • @ndb_1982

    @ndb_1982

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 If you only paid $75 you bought imitation.

  • @Benni777
    @Benni777 Жыл бұрын

    Human labor is one of many factors that make anything expensive 😞

  • @danielalbert9749

    @danielalbert9749

    Жыл бұрын

    Makes sense. Nobody wants to put time and effort in to get nothing.

  • @seaslugs

    @seaslugs

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol you would rather everyone be unemployed due to automation then?

  • @isaiahc8390

    @isaiahc8390

    Жыл бұрын

    Repent and follow Jesus my friend! Repenting doesn't mean confessing your sins to others, but to stop doing them altogether. Belief in Messiah alone is not enough to get you into heaven - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36). Contemplate how the Roman empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years to accomplish the religion of the Israelites C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate though because you can start a relationship with God and have proof. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life. - Revelation 3:20 Revelation 6 1st Seal: White horse = Roman Empire conquering nations under Trajan 98-117 AD & Gospel spreading rapidly. 2nd Seal: Red horse, bloody civil wars with 32 different Emperors, most killed by the sword. 185-284 AD 3rd Seal: Black horse, economic despair from high taxes to pay for wars, farmers stopped growing. 200-250 AD 4th Seal: Pale horse, 1/4th of Romans died from famine, pestilence; at one point 5,000 dying per day. 250-300 AD 5th Seal: Diocletian persecuted Smyrna church era saints for ten years, blood crying out for vengeance. 303-312 AD 6th Seal: Political upheaval in the declining Roman Empire while the leaders battled each other. 313-395 AD Revelation 7 Sealing of 144,000, the saints, before trumpet war judgments, which led to the fall of the Roman Empire. Revelation 8 1st Trumpet: Alaric and the Goths attacked from the north, the path of hail, and set it on fire. 400-410 AD 2nd Trumpet: Genseric and the Vandals attacked the seas and coastlands, the blood of sailors in water. 425-470 AD 3rd Trumpet: Attila and the Huns scourged the Danube, Rhine & Po rivers area, dead bodies made water bitter. 451 AD 4th Trumpet: Odoacer and the Heruli caused the last Western Emperor (sun), Senate (moon) to lose power. 476 AD With the Western Roman Emperor (restrainer of 2 Thes. 2) removed; the son of perdition Popes took power. Revelation 9 Two woe judgments against the central 1/3rd and eastern 1/3rd of the Roman Empire. 612-1453 AD 5th Trumpet: Locust & scorpions point to Arabia, the rise of the Muslim army. Islam hides Gospel from Arabs. 612-762 AD 6th Trumpet: Turks released to attack Constantinople with large cannons (fire, smoke, brimstone). 1062-1453 AD Revelation 10 The little book is the printed Bible, which was needed after the Dark Ages when Scriptures were banned by Popes. Revelation 11 7th Trumpet: Martin Luther measured Roman Church; found that it’s an apostate church, not part of true temple. The two witnesses are the Scriptures and saints who proclaim the pure Gospel and testify against the antichrist Popes. Papal Church pronounced Christendom dead in 1514 AD. Silence for 3.5 years. Then Luther posted his 95 Thesis, which sparked the Protestant Reformation and brought the witnesses back to life. Millions of Catholics were saved. Revelation 12 Satan used the Roman Empire to try to wipe out the early Church, Satan was cast down as the Empire collapsed. Revelation 13 The antichrist beast Popes reigned in power 1,260 years, 538-1798, is the little horn of Daniel 7, son of perdition. The false prophet Jesuit Superior General rose to power from land (earth) of Vatican and has created many deceptions. Revelation 14 Points to great harvest during the Protestant Reformation & wrath on Catholic countries who obey antichrist Pope. Revelation 15 Overcoming saints victorious over the beast. Prelude to 7 vials and judgment on those who support Papal Rome. Revelation 16 1st Vial: The foul sore of atheism was poured out on Catholic France, leaving them with no hope, led to revolution. 2nd Vial: The French Revolution started in 1793, killed 250,000, as France had obeyed the Pope and killed saints. 3rd Vial: The French Revolution spread to rural areas of France, where Protestants had been killed in river areas. 4th Vial: The bloody Napoleonic wars shed the blood of countries who had revered and obeyed the antichrist Pope. 5th Vial: Judgment on the seat of the beast. Papal States invaded in 1798, Pope imprisoned, removed from power. 6th Vial: The Turks vast domain dried up, they were only left with Turkey. They lost control of Palestine in 1917 AD, Israel became a nation again in 1948

  • @danielalbert9749

    @danielalbert9749

    Жыл бұрын

    @@almostblank4025 yo mama.

  • @seaslugs

    @seaslugs

    Жыл бұрын

    @@almostblank4025 there will be no post-scarcity world. What are you smoking. Something will always be rare. Soon it is going to be water and rare earth minerals and we are all going to go to war over them.

  • @ktursts4088
    @ktursts4088 Жыл бұрын

    *always the ans is: it's rare* (too difficult or time consuming or impossible to produce, limited resource, or not available due to regulations etc is mostly what make things rare)

  • @WilliamRandomUploads
    @WilliamRandomUploads Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting, somehow glad this was recommended to me lol

  • @Nomad_Wanderer
    @Nomad_Wanderer Жыл бұрын

    I once found a black pearl on a sea beach it was small but i thought it to be something else as i was not sure if pearl are ever black but after some year's i was told that it is a very rare find

  • @saffufathimaa2688

    @saffufathimaa2688

    Жыл бұрын

    Kaha dekha aapne

  • @saffufathimaa2688

    @saffufathimaa2688

    Жыл бұрын

    Aap apne pass rakh lete pheka kyu

  • @oraibaiki411

    @oraibaiki411

    Жыл бұрын

    The color of a pearl is dependent on the shell inside the oyster (mother of pearl). It has a spectrum of colors where some of them will be on the pearl. So a black pearl will likely come from a species of oyster with many dark hues on the mother of pearl. For example black lipped oyster

  • @ricoh881227
    @ricoh881227 Жыл бұрын

    Damn, this is so informative.. didnt know you could farm pearl, thought it was natural and stuff..

  • @fidelcatsro6948

    @fidelcatsro6948

    Жыл бұрын

    GMO pearl farming

  • @CRneu

    @CRneu

    Жыл бұрын

    You can produce oysters in a lab using bacteria. No reason to harm oysters or do monoculture

  • @theecologist10

    @theecologist10

    Жыл бұрын

    People will find a way to exploit anything no matter how cruel

  • @ndb_1982

    @ndb_1982

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CRneu 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @ndb_1982

    @ndb_1982

    Жыл бұрын

    @@theecologist10 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @krkavinsandron
    @krkavinsandron Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @netomilt
    @netomilt Жыл бұрын

    Speechless wow

  • @grafito4438
    @grafito4438 Жыл бұрын

    They probably have a strict import license to stop this type of farming from affecting the environment. I could be wrong but monoculture farming is usually not a good thing.

  • @vintagethrifter2114

    @vintagethrifter2114

    Жыл бұрын

    It's Indonesia, they don't really care about the environment. They rank low on the Environment Performance Index. Not as good as Thailand but better than China. It's all about the money. He just needs to find the right government official and as "How much."

  • @auleaf1210

    @auleaf1210

    Жыл бұрын

    It's true that monoculture farming generally create more environmental impact but I don't think it's applicable in this case. In this case they provide their own early culture (the one that involves chemical substances) in a lab and not in open water, reproduce their own oyster, and let the later culture happens naturally.

  • @brownbee4889

    @brownbee4889

    Жыл бұрын

    western people are very good at talking about environmental damage, monoculture, deforestation for oil palm, especially in developing countries. but they pretend to forget or do not really know how their environment is, many arid lands are not greened. they also do monoculture farming, (perhaps monoculture farming there doesn't need to destroy the forest). and they also pretended to forget who had colonized other countries and caused mischief.

  • @vintagethrifter2114

    @vintagethrifter2114

    Жыл бұрын

    @@brownbee4889 The vast majority of farming in the world is monoculture. What the west tends to have a problem with is driving species to extinction to do it.

  • @yoonseasaw

    @yoonseasaw

    Жыл бұрын

    @@brownbee4889 speak your truth!!

  • @nidhisawant4313
    @nidhisawant4313 Жыл бұрын

    imo the misshapen pearls should be more expensive because they are more natural. and they also look better

  • @dorencekainuku3332
    @dorencekainuku3332 Жыл бұрын

    The pearl from French Polynesian it’s so beautiful ❤

  • @youcanknowanything8489
    @youcanknowanything848911 ай бұрын

    One would think (with admittedly no experience in the pear industry) that creating a new item to use as a "nucleus" for cultured pearls would be possible. Mussel shells are available in many locations around the world....

  • @twojac20
    @twojac20 Жыл бұрын

    At least they are farming rather than tearing up the whole ocean just for a pearl

  • @iipsarifudin9999

    @iipsarifudin9999

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah they are trying. Not to ruin the whole ocean

  • @anameglass1607
    @anameglass1607 Жыл бұрын

    From 10.000 oysters only 2.500 survives. Why they didn't use nucleus from died oysters for the new ones to expand bussiness?

  • @andreafranco1477

    @andreafranco1477

    Жыл бұрын

    Because they don't implant a nucleus to all of them, only 25% make it into adulhood and that's when the nucleous is implanted, nothing goes to waste.

  • @anameglass1607

    @anameglass1607

    Жыл бұрын

    @@andreafranco1477 thanks for the explanation

  • @Woozlewuzzleable
    @Woozlewuzzleable Жыл бұрын

    Very cool.

  • @Sairahaz-Jewelers
    @Sairahaz-Jewelers20 сағат бұрын

    Very beautiful Pearl

  • @purefreedom282
    @purefreedom282 Жыл бұрын

    You can buy real pearls from fishermen in the Philippines for 20-30$(that's what I think I paid in 2016/2017) for a full necklace and they are real . But of course they have irregular shapes and you have to buy directly from them..I didn't ask for the prices recently

  • @landove1486

    @landove1486

    Жыл бұрын

    Let's say the necklace is made of 40 pearls, so each pearl is less than a Dollar. That's extremely cheap. It's either made of fake pearls or low quality freshwater pearls.

  • @bendysama1728

    @bendysama1728

    Жыл бұрын

    @@landove1486 exactly, the only thing we can do to check the pealrs in lab.

  • @purefreedom282

    @purefreedom282

    Жыл бұрын

    @@landove1486 I bought them from a fisherman in a small beach village in the Philippines where I have been living . Not fake as I know how to recognize. Person I think said they were seawater pearls and was even selling some pinctada shells where the pearls apparently grew but if course I cannot know for sure and also I'm not an expert's I can only say they were not fake.. I paid for each necklace probably 20$ which in the Philippines is not cheap anyway. They were not regular pearls that's for sure , I mean the pearls were not perfectly round or at least not all of them

  • @altasierra3415

    @altasierra3415

    Жыл бұрын

    @@purefreedom282 they are real freshwater Pearl

  • @justsomehaatonpassingby4488

    @justsomehaatonpassingby4488

    Жыл бұрын

    We do have South Sea pearl farms in the Philippines, it's mainly on two areas of the country which originally produce it... Sulu and Palawan... Whilst the culture of Pearl harvesting is older in Sulu, they produce pearls on a smaller scale compared to Palawan, Palawan on the other hand is more successful of the two because of Government backing, and protection and having it on a larger scale... As a side note, the Badjao tribe of Sulu are also known for being the source of natural South Sea Pearls in the Philippines

  • @Dr_Doofenshmirts
    @Dr_Doofenshmirts Жыл бұрын

    she sold it for 36k only? should've put it in an auction

  • @yassi8814
    @yassi8814 Жыл бұрын

    I like pink pearls & black pearls

  • @sajjadyousefnia4132
    @sajjadyousefnia41328 ай бұрын

    So interesting

  • @KelsaRavenlock
    @KelsaRavenlock Жыл бұрын

    I just don't get it at all, $1500 for a pearl when pearls have almost no use outside of maybe paint pigment.

  • @Suzzers

    @Suzzers

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed. Some people like them for jewelry but they're so expensive it's ridiculous.

  • @bendysama1728

    @bendysama1728

    Жыл бұрын

    Bro,if some people have money,that is their rights,so don't say that this is a stupid idea. You have money you get things you want.

  • @daigosaito888
    @daigosaito888 Жыл бұрын

    Cool video. Learned about pearls today!

  • @fidelcatsro6948

    @fidelcatsro6948

    Жыл бұрын

    next lesson we learn how to make gold nuggets grow from fish intestines

  • @daigosaito888

    @daigosaito888

    Жыл бұрын

    @@fidelcatsro6948 😂

  • @jdwylde7
    @jdwylde7 Жыл бұрын

    I found a giant pearl worth a lot of money. Then this huge Sharp pain on the left side of my face. Old lady wearing the necklace slapped me.

  • @Goblin_Geek

    @Goblin_Geek

    Жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @snigie1
    @snigie1 Жыл бұрын

    Tears the oysters gonads.... I wasn't ready for that line!

  • @antman7673
    @antman7673 Жыл бұрын

    Can they not just pipe sea water into a tank of oysters?

  • @minnahumble2294
    @minnahumble2294 Жыл бұрын

    You keep mentioning perfectly round pearls. I have always thought the beauty of South Street pearls is they are not perfectly round, but baroque or slightly elongated.

  • @tjloffice8433

    @tjloffice8433

    Жыл бұрын

    Imperfect sea pearl is usually black tahitian sea pearl

  • @tanwen2848
    @tanwen2848 Жыл бұрын

    amazing

  • @sepilokfui
    @sepilokfui Жыл бұрын

    this place is south of Lombok, but the best place to grow pearl is south of the Andorra south of Flores. visited lombok and flores and fellt for the natural life of all my indonesian neighboura