{"id":1049,"date":"2016-11-22T16:37:46","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T16:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2016-11-22T16:59:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T16:59:32","slug":"naturally-cultured-pearls-on-our-way-to-hanoi-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/naturally-cultured-pearls-on-our-way-to-hanoi-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Naturally cultured pearls on our way to Hanoi Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well according to the pearl factory where we stopped, a natural one is when a grain of sand enters the oyster and over a period of time a white, gold or black pearl is formed, often irregular in shape.<\/p>\n<p>Then I&#8217;m shown a &#8216;naturally&#8217; cultured pearl and how they are produced.<\/p>\n<p>How interesting.. the membrane is cut and a small amount removed, anti bacterial chemical applied, then cut into tiny pieces.<\/p>\n<p><a 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data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3513-1-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3513-1-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3513-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3513-1.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3513-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3513-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3513-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next a living oyster is prised open very slightly, the tiny piece of membrane is placed strategically inside the oysters flesh, followed by a piece of shell made into a tiny perfectly round pebble.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3515-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1062\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/naturally-cultured-pearls-on-our-way-to-hanoi-airport\/img_3515-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3515-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1479858651&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_3515-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3515-1-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3515-1-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3515-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3515-1.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3515-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3515-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3515-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe result a cultured pearl.. or according to our pearl sales rep, &#8220;naturally cultured pearls&#8221; allowing them to charge exorbitant prices!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well according to the pearl factory where we stopped, a natural one is when a grain of sand enters the oyster and over a period of time a white, gold or black pearl is formed, often irregular in shape. Then I&#8217;m shown a &#8216;naturally&#8217; cultured pearl and how they are produced. How interesting.. the membrane&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[96,100,19,64],"tags":[101,102,79],"class_list":["post-1049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-halong-bay","category-jewellery","category-lifestyle-products","category-vietnam","tag-oysters","tag-pearls","tag-vietnam"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3516-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7ZU0a-gV","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1049"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1064,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions\/1064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}