Inside a Massive Pearl Farm & Jewelry Factory | From Tiny Oysters to Luxury Pearl Necklaces

Inside a Massive Pearl Farm & Jewelry Factory | From Tiny Oysters to Luxury Pearl Necklaces Discover how tiny pearl oysters are raised, grafted and cared for over months in the sea before their pearls are harvested, sorted and hand-knotted into luxury pearl necklaces. This full process follows the journey from the oyster hatchery and baby oysters to raft farming, nucleus grafting, the long growing period, harvest, cleaning, sorting by size, luster and color, drilling, silk stringing, hand knotting and the finished jewelry. 📚 Sources • Bead core made from freshwater mussel shell (USA); mantle tissue graft; pearl sac: GIA — Gemological Institute of America: Cultured Pearls — https://www.gia.edu/pearl • Nacre = aragonite + conchiolin; cultivation time; pearl types (Akoya): GIA — Pearl Description / Akoya — https://www.gia.edu/pearl-description • Kokichi Mikimoto and the first cultured pearl (1893): Encyclopaedia Britannica — Mikimoto Kōkichi — https://www.britannica.com/biography/... • Knots among the pearls in the necklace: GIA — articles on pearl necklace care and mounting — https://www.gia.edu/pearl/gem-research ⚙️ Disclaimer This video is AI-generated and created for educational visual process demonstration. It presents a simplified representation of the process and does not represent any specific farm, factory, manufacturer, supplier or brand. 👍 Like, share and subscribe for more factory processes and how things are made.