WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD OF PEARLS

"A Timeless Gem Meets 21st Century Technology"

Welcome to Island Pearls, the website of American Bio-Gem, Inc. Here you will find a wealth of information about the world of pearls, their history, and how new techniques and technologies are being used to improve how pearls are cultured and brought to the world-wide jewelry market. American Bio-Gem has an established reputation within the global pearl industry as an innovator, having introduced a spectrum of new science and techniques designed to minimize pearl culturing costs and increase the availability of the raw materials needed to culture pearls. Our company creates pearl jewelry that is unique and affordable.

During the coming months, American Bio-Gem will be introducing several new pearl products, including our much-anticipated Icon Pearl line of products. To introduce customers to these new products, we are giving away 10,000 free pearls right here on the Island Pearls website. Just click here or on the banner above to play the Pearl Game for your chance to win a free pearl (you pay only shipping and handling). Or you can choose to upgrade your pearl prize for a minimal charge. Get your free pearl while supplies last!

Icon Pearls

Sorry, your browser doesn't support Java(tm). American Bio-Gem has developed a breakthrough pearl culturing procedure that allows us to grow custom-designed pearls in almost any shape imaginable. This new jewelry application enables known brands, logos, and recognizable images to be realized in pearl form through natural production. Given a brand or image that already has recognized value, we can turn that image into a unique, genuine cultured pearl. Imagine Mickey Mouse, Elvis, the Playboy Bunny, or the Nike "Swoosh" in pearl form. This unique jewelry will form the basis of an entirely new market for logos, brands, and images that are realized as cultured pearls.

We currently have a catalog of over 300 Icon Pearl designs and will be developing the first pearl jewelry products from these designs in the near future. Icon Pearls are now under culture with our pearl farming partners around the world.

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Vapor Encapsulation

There is a Myth and a Fact about pearl culture. The fact is, no country can culture marine pearls without a natural resource found only in the USA. At the center of every round pearl is a special bead made from the shell of a freshwater mussel found only in the rivers and lakes of the central United States. This has been a well-kept secret for over 100 years and is the foundation of the global marine pearl industry. American Bio-Gem has developed a technology that will significantly impact the underlying commodity that is the foundation of the entire marine pearl market. Traditional round pearls are cultured through the use of a spherical shell bead, known as the "nucleus". The material for pearl nucleus comes exclusively from mussel shells found only in Mississippi watershed regions of the United States. We have developed a technique to produce high-quality pearl nucleus from lower-grade material, allowing us to convert second- and third-grade nucleus, which comprises about 90 percent of the available raw shell bead material, into first-grade nucleus. This 8 billion dollar-a-year business is now ready for our 21st century technology and creativity.
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Because the natural material used to make pearl nuclei is so essential, the pressure on the mussel species that are used to make the nuclei has caused a shortage of quality material to meet the demand for First Grade Nucleus. Only about 10% of the mussel shell will produce First Grade Nucleus (white). The remaining product is inferior and is stained with dark brown layers that cause the cultured pearls to be of a lower quality. American Bio-Gem has found a solution to this problem. Using a patented process, the company can change the surface of the nucleus at the molecular level to First Grade, allowing us to use 90% of the shell material. The process changes unusable nucleus to a high-grade nucleus without altering any of the physical characteristics unique to this material and essential to pearl culture. In short, with this technology we can improve the product, lower the cost to the pearl farmers, and take 90% of the pressure off the natural resource.
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