4/27/11

A new kind of Pearl...


He and 1 other (in a full wet suit)
He finally talked Karina into joining

Warming up-in sunny Majorca
The weather warmed up he a bit and we have spent most of the past two days by the pool and sea.  If you notice “something doesn’t look right in the picture of Cooper in the sea (I was corrected by a local when I called it the Ocean)…He is the only person playing in the waves other than the surfer that has on a full wet suit.  I met a few nice local women on the beach and enjoyed the conversations all while Karina stood in the background making her little sign language to me indicating I was being “chatty-chatty”.  But, that is what I tend to enjoy the most when we travel; meeting the locals and being a tad “chatty-chatty”.  Amazing all the great things you can learn if you just stop and enjoy the company of a stranger. 

We did make one ‘outing’ to the “Majorca Pearl” factory.  Majorica pearls have been hand made since the early 1900s. I had read a few things since arriving about these man-made Pearls and was interested in seeing the process first hand.  We all four were fascinated by each step of the process which was explained to us during our visit.  (Jason also picked out a very cool bracelet for me that he thought would be a good reminder of our vacation!)  He didn’t need to get the kids anything since each of the jewelry craftsmen gave Karina and Cooper a number of pearls.  I think they liked how entranced the kids were or maybe it was Coopers dancing in the isles. Some of the things we learned:

They begin from dull glass of high density with specific weight similar to that of the fine pearls.
These nuclei are then dipped into a special, pearly liquid, then an adhesive paste made of oil and ground up fish scales or mother-of-pearl for their iridescence. Everything for the color is a natural product of the sea.
The coated nuclei is repeated around 30 times, then dried and polished by hand.


Sounded like a cool piece of jewelry to me!  Now as we sit on our deck, looking at the softly lit palm trees and the brightly lit stars, I am wishing our vacation wasn’t in its last few days.  

That looks like a hot fire

Like anything with fire..


Comes with an official "Majorca Pearl" certificate
















1 comment:

  1. BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!! I thought you would find some pretty pearls in Majorca!!:) love, m:)

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