Pearls of Creation A-Z of Pearls, 2nd Edition BRONZE AWARD: non fiction

"PEARLS OF CREATION A-Z OF PEARLS" WILL APPEAL TO READERS OF ALL AGES, WITH NUMEROUS DIFFERENT INTERESTS, INCLUDING LIBRARIES, SCHOLARS, PEARL LOVERS, JEWELLERS AND GEMOLOGISTS. IT COVERS GOD'S CREATION OF MARINE LIFE, NATURE CONSERVATION, HATCHERIES, ANTIQUES, COLLECTABLES, DIVING, KNOWING REAL PEARLS FROM FAKE PEARLS AND MANY MORE SUBJECTS INCLUDING CARING FOR YOUR PEARLS. LITTLE KNOWN HISTORY OF WILLIAM SAVILLE-KENT, THE PEARLY KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND AND NEW INFORMATION ON CAVE PEARLS IN NEW MEXICO CAN BE FOUND IN THIS BOOK. THE FASCINATING HISTORY, DEDICATION AND PASSION WITH WHICH SIX INCREDIBLE, WORLD RENOWNED "AWARD WINNING" PEARL FARMERS HAVE ESTABLISHED THEIR OWN VERY SUCCESSFUL FARMS OVER MANY YEARS, ALL CULTIVATING A VARIETY OF VASTLY DIFFERENT, BEAUTIFUL NATURAL COLORED PEARLS, IN FIJI, MICRONESIA, PASPALEY IN AUSTRALIA, JEWELMER IN THE PHILIPPINES, EYRIS MABE IN NEW ZEALAND ON ABALONE AND FRESHWATER PEARLS IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, USA. IN ESSENCE, PEARLS OF CREATION IS AN EASY-TOREAD, NON-FICTION TRIBUTE TO GOD'S INCREDIBLE E N V I RONME N T, WI T H MA N Y E XQU I S I T E COLOR PHOTOS, AND A CELEBRATION OF BEAUTIFUL PEARLS AROUND THE WORLD.