Posts tagged with ‘Mikimoto’

  • This Day in History July 11, 1893 (UBC Challenge Day 9)

    By Ruth on July 11, 2013
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    I had no idea that today is the 120th anniversary of the cultured pearl.  That’s right, on this date in 1893, Kokichi Mikimoto created the first cultured pearl.  He was the son of a noodle maker, and he did a lot of experimentation to discover an artificial way to make these beautiful, expensive jewels.  He used a bamboo oyster on […]