Juergen Freund / Aerial view of coral cays and white sand bars surrounding Bugsuk Island, Farm 1 of Jewelmer pearl farm. This private island has been highly protected since the 1970's and is in pristine environmental...
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Juergen Freund / Aerial view of coral cays and white sand bars surrounding Bugsuk Island, Farm 1 of Jewelmer pearl farm. This private island has been highly protected since the 1970's and is in pristine environmental...
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, Golden south sea pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) are prepared with plastic wedges to have nuclei inserted for the creation of cultured pearls, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Goldlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) opened, with cultured Golden South Sea pearl on beach, Jewelmer Pearlfarm, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Baby Pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) at Jewelmer Pearlfarm, two months spats (2 mm in size) and three months (10mm in size) Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Five newly harvested cultured Golden South Sea pearls of Oyster (Pinctada maxima) displayed, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Newly harvested cultured Golden South Sea pearl of Oyster (Pinctada maxima), Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm workers clean each pearl oyster regularly taking off barnacles and anything that grows on the shell, Philippines, April 2010
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, Pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) in hanging cage, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, newly cleaned Pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) hanging in nets from rafts waiting to be relocated to open sea, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, cleaned Pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) in hanging cage in the open sea, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, cleaned Pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) in hanging cages, being relocated to the open sea, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Women sorting cultured Golden South Sea Jewelmer pearls in Manila, Philippines, April 2010
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, cleaned Pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) in hanging nets, being relocated to the open sea, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Almost perfect cultured pearl extracted from Golden South Sea Pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) oyster will then be reused, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Sorting of cultured Golden South Sea pearls at Jewelmer pearls, Manila, Philippines, April 2010
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, expert technician extracts nearly perfect culutred pearl from golden South Sea Pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) oyster will then be reused, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Pearl held in hand at Jewelmer Pearlfarm - golden South Sea Pearl from pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, Goldlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) with golden pearl on beach, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, Golden South Sea Pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) laid out on trays waiting to have nucleus inserted to initiate cultured pearl growth, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, newly cleaned Pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) hanging in nets from rafts waiting to be relocated to open sea, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Lynn M Stone / Grandiflora Rose 'Mother of Pearl', Winfield, Illinois, USA
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Sue Flood / Black pearls for sale on pearl farm, Rangiroa, Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific 2010
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Juergen Freund / Baby Pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) at Jewelmer Pearlfarm, three months spats, 10mm in size, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Boxes of cultured Golden South sea pearls from the Jewelmer pearl company, Manila, Philippines, April 2010
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, newly cleaned Golden South Sea Pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) in hanging cages, waiting to be relocated to the open sea, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, divers check on cleaned Pearl oysters (Pinctada maxima) in hanging nets in the open sea, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Juergen Freund / Carver Huimes Namusu carves out a groove from the rim of a coconut wood bowl to make space for the nautilus mother of pearl inlay, Chea Village, Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Pacific, Jul...
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Juergen Freund / Jacques Branellec, owner of Jewelmer, examines cultured golden South Sea pearls with a pearl worker, Manila, Philippines, April 2010
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, baby pearl oysters (spats) in bucket, Philippines, April 2010
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Sue Flood / Worker at pearl farm removing cultured black pearl from Oyster (Lophia folium) shell, Rangiroa atoll, French Polynesia.
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Sue Flood / Removing cultured black pearl from Oyster (Lophia folium) shell, Rangiroa atoll, French Polynesia.
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Steven David Miller / Oyster rack for the commercial cultivation of Australian South Seas Pearls from the White lip oyster (Pinctada maxima) Willie Creek Pearl Farm, Broome, Western Australia
