European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 ? a  z.9?i. Of. T y my aaa s of Strung pears Wail or the inspection step of the process awed pearls arc destroyed. Factory. Although the naked Eye  t it la the difference Between the two strings pearls Strung on silk Are a few dollars More. In real life people Are going to be Loo Busy trying to guess if your pearls Are real or fake to notice the string. With hands so fast they blur under a Tamer Lens employees relentlessly string and knot pearls into place. The Knotting holds each Pearl individually so if the Slrine Breaks Only one Pearl is lost instead of the whole sir am. Laeh string of pearls is tested for strength Al another table where employees tug and Jerk on the jewelry. If inc siring holds the necklace is passed on to be fitted Wilh a clasp also bought irom another factory. They re 1 1 Karat Gold or Silver plate. The authentic fake pearls the ones that get the 30 dips in inc fish scale sauce Are guaranteed for 10 years. First Quality Perals have a red tag attached. The second Quality Pearl is about one fourth the Cost of the first Quality. It does t come with a guarantee but it s extremely hard to Lell the difference Between in and first Quality. The la Lory would not disclose How the second Quality pearls Are manufactured but it s probably not dipped in the Ash sealer sauce much. The Pearl fac Lory is a Good place to kill about Lull a Clay. Cities All Over Majorca have hours to the factory which is in manac or about 50 Kilometres East of Palma. Billboards Point the Way to the factory s front door. The tour starts in the entrant e Hall where Sheie s a collection of antique major Ivy jewelry Cal in Bac a to when the factory opened in who. There a of course a guess which pearls Are cultured game where he fac Lory has placed a strand of their own beside a strand of cultured pearls. There s just one thing to be aware of. The fac Lory is not what in appears to be. Ii was Sel up spec id ally Lor tourists. All of the heavy duty work goes on in either  lories thai Are c lose i to the Public. Fur example in the Louring  Lory two women make balls out of opaline. If the fac Lory is l u Ikumo about v million pearls a week it seems probable that there Are other women doing the same thing More like r,.j women. The tour is qty k. In minute visitors the largest c olmec does l Lake More than to Pend More time in their Pearl on of Mac la c heap111 Majorca pearls is $7 at the i he is known to base1 in a jewelry. Hut the Era length strand of i Lory and about $8jn Palma. Hiring Winter the fac Lory and store is open from 9 am. To 1 . And 3-7 . On the weekends it s open from 9 30 . To 1 . During the summer the factory and store Are open All Day during the week. Intranet to the Lac Lory and store is free. December 12, 79s5 stripes militia a