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Bunches of oysters in nets are suspended in the sea to grow pearls at Al Suwaidi Pearl Farm in Ras Al Khaimah. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

A manufactured pearl is revealed in a farmed oyster shell at Al Suwaidi Pearl Farm. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Bunches of oysters in nets are suspended in the sea to grow pearls at Al Suwaidi Pearl Farm in Ras Al Khaimah. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Al Suwaidi Pearl Farm in Ras Al Khaimah. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Sheikh Dr Majid Sultan Al Qasimi and Abdullah Al Suwaidi, founder of Suwaidi Pearls, at Al Suwaidi Pearl Farm. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Sheikh Dr Majid Sultan Al Qasimi and Abdullah Al Suwaidi, founder of Suwaidi Pearls, watch oysters being opened. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

A man opens an oyster to reveal a pearl at the farm in RAK. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Oysters are seeded with a tiny bead made from mother of pearl tissue and mantle to produce a pearl. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Pearls manufactured at Al Suwaidi Pearl Farm in Ras Al Khaimah. They take about a year to produce. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Bunches of oysters in nets are suspended in the sea to grow pearls at Al Suwaidi Pearl Farm in Ras Al Khaimah. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

A manufactured pearl is revealed in a farmed oyster shell at Al Suwaidi Pearl Farm. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Bunches of oysters in nets are suspended in the sea to grow pearls at Al Suwaidi Pearl Farm in Ras Al Khaimah. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Al Suwaidi Pearl Farm in Ras Al Khaimah. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Sheikh Dr Majid Sultan Al Qasimi and Abdullah Al Suwaidi, founder of Suwaidi Pearls, at Al Suwaidi Pearl Farm. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Sheikh Dr Majid Sultan Al Qasimi and Abdullah Al Suwaidi, founder of Suwaidi Pearls, watch oysters being opened. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

A man opens an oyster to reveal a pearl at the farm in RAK. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Oysters are seeded with a tiny bead made from mother of pearl tissue and mantle to produce a pearl. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Pearls manufactured at Al Suwaidi Pearl Farm in Ras Al Khaimah. They take about a year to produce. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

Bunches of oysters in nets are suspended in the sea to grow pearls at Al Suwaidi Pearl Farm in Ras Al Khaimah. Courtesy Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

UAE's first cultured pearl farm to open its doors to the world

Pupils and visitors of Ras Al Khaimah will be able to learn about the country's rich history of pearl diving while seeing how pearls are grown

November 02, 2017

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