Author Archives: Dr Shihaan Larif

The Use and Appreciation of Pearls in Europe by the Monarchies of Different Dynasties and Countries in the Middle-Ages and until Modern Times In the previous webpage details of how the knowledge and appreciation of pearls spread from the source regions such as the Persian Gulf to ancient Greece and Rome, and subsequently to the […]

The Use and Appreciation of Pearls by the monarchies of Spain and Portugal during the middle ages and until modern times In the previous webpage the use and appreciation of pearls by the monarchies of France and the United Kingdom from the middle ages to modern times were considered in detail. In France, the monarchies […]

The Use and Appreciation of Pearls by the Monarchies of the Kingdom of Portugal during the Middle Ages and until Modern Times. In the previous webpage the use and appreciation of pearls by the monarchies of Spain from the early 16th-century until modern times were considered in detail. The monarchies considered belonged to the different […]

The Use and Appreciation of Pearls by the monarchs of the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, from the early 16th-century until the end of the monarchy in 1917, after the Bolshevik Revolution In the previous webpage the use and appreciation of pearls by the monarchies of Portugal from the late 14th-century until the […]

Scientists at FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute achieve a major breakthrough in the culturing of queen conch pearls, which hitherto had defied other research scientists and pearl culturists. Research Scientists at the Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute have achieved a sensational breakthrough by successfully culturing high-quality queen conch pearls, a feat that had […]