Diamond In A Pearl Jewelry
Prince sang about "Diamonds and Pearls" but what about diamonds in pearls? Chi Huynh, a gem and jewelry artist of Galatea: Jewelry by Artist in San Dimas, California has found a way to put faceted diamonds inside cultured pearls. As you probably know, cultured pearls are made by inserting a bead into the mollusk so creates layers of nacre over the bead. Chi Huynh wanted to put gemstone beads inside Tahitian black lipped oysters so that he could carve the pearls revealing the precious center. Unable to find any one to help him with this experiment in the French Polynesian Islands he turned to Vietnam. A few years later he was able to harvest Tahitian-like black pearls with gemstone centers. The most pearls are then carved and mounted in jewelry. The necklace shown here is a 10-10.5mm pearl with a .20 carat diamond and sells for $1,825.
[via JCK Online]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chi Huynh Jun 12th 2007 2:35PM
Deidre, can you please contact me at my email? I would like to give you some better information about this piece and the correct photos. Thank you.
Chi
pearl necklaces Aug 30th 2007 11:54PM
These jewelries are gorgeous. They look ancient and valuable. I think that it has to be a memorable event to wear them.
pearlparadise Jul 27th 2007 6:37PM
That is fascinating. I have heard of setting diamonds in pearls (it is not all that uncommon, actually), but never heard of a gemstone center.
I wish I had known about it before the Vegas show. I would have visited the booth for certain.
Jeremy Shepherd
http://www.pearlparadise.com