And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Most colored pearls are dyed. Pearls are sorted for size and roundness/blemishes, then a necklace is made with pearls of similar characteristics. There are large pearl farms in the PI. You can boat right up to them but I wouldn't as they are watched over by armed guards. In the past my Filipina wife and I have bought probably a hundred or more sets of pearl necklaces and ear rings in Quezon City, a little north of Manila at the Green Hills shopping mall. There are 100 or more booths of sellers all in one area. To see that many pearls and pearl related items in one compressed spot is astonishing. -Snakepit
Is it really green?
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The precious!
ReplyDeleteMost colored pearls are dyed. Pearls are sorted for size and roundness/blemishes, then a necklace is made with pearls of similar characteristics. There are large pearl farms in the PI. You can boat right up to them but I wouldn't as they are watched over by armed guards. In the past my Filipina wife and I have bought probably a hundred or more sets of pearl necklaces and ear rings in Quezon City, a little north of Manila at the Green Hills shopping mall. There are 100 or more booths of sellers all in one area. To see that many pearls and pearl related items in one compressed spot is astonishing.
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So, you're saying they have separate areas for white and colored?
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