Are you on a short visit in Beijing and would like to learn more about freshwater cultured pearls and where to find good quality for a reasonable price?

Sign up fo a guided morning tour!

Date: upon request

Time: 9.30am to max. 1pm

Group Fee including a documentation about freshwater cultured pearls:

RMB 800 for up to 4 participants, each additional participant pay RMB 200 (maximum 8 participants)

Morning 1 - Cultured Pearls Overview

• How Freshwater and Saltwater Cultured Pearls Compare
• Mollusk Anatomy
• Nucleation Process
• Different Types of Freshwater / Saltwater Cultured Pearls 
• Value Factors: Size, Shape, Color and Hues, Luster, Surface

Morning 2 - Freshwater Cultured Pearls

• Freshwater Cultured Pearl Production in China
• The Farms and Locations
• Culturing Process and Results
• Typical Characteristics and Value Factors: Size, Shape, Color, Luster, Surface, Nacre
• Treatments of Cultured Freshwater Pearls: Bleaching
• Examples of Different Qualities and Treatments

Morning 3 - Practical Session

• How to Recognize Treated Pearls
• Most Common Treatments for Pearls and Gems
• Altering the Bodycolor 
• Bleaching
• Luster Treatments
• Peeling
• Pearl Imitations
• Some Testing Methods
• Detecting Dyes of Cultured Pearls
• Detecting Imitation Pearls
• Bring your own Gemstone Examples to Practice and to Prove their Origin

Dates: upon request - tba

Time: 9am to 11am 

Location: tba, Beijing

Minimum/maximum participants: 4 / 8 people

Course fee for 3 mornings including detailed documentation:

RMB 600 

Interested? To register please fill in below form by telling if you are registering for the Pearl Course or the Guided Pearl Tour or contact me at info@meinePerlen.ch or call +86 13651199796.

Felicitas Sohm