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The Pearl Girls create all of our jewelry and designs at our shop in Athens, GA. We also have a huge reknot and repair department. People all over the world ship us their pearls and beaded jewelry to reknot, repair or create into a new design. Along with our passion for pearls, we are passionate about creating jobs right here in our home base in Athens, GA. We provide many perks to our staff including childcare for our hardworking mothers! Thank you for supporting us so we can continue supporting others. And thanks for sharing in our passion!

American Pearl Diver

Sat, Jun 22, 2013 | Pearl Blog

John the American Pearl Diver

Meet John, an American pearl diver and mussel diver based in Benton County, Tennessee. John shares his love of pearls and diving with us. Hear what John has to say in our video, Meet An American Pearl Diver.

"It's rough," says John about the conditions of diving in the Tennessee River, "This morning I couldn't hardly see anything." John sometimes has to dive based solely on a sense of feeling. In forty five minutes John was able to find about 40 shells which is pretty amazing when you consider that he cannot see and the waters can be very cold.

In one of John's shells that we opened, he found a natural pearl. I must proudly disclose that he gave me the pearl! Woo hoo! Thanks John. It was my very first all natural pearl and, true to many natural pearls, it was not a classic gem quality pearl. In fact, the pearl was purple and the size and shape of a sesame seed.

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