Palawan, the Philippine archipelago's true "last frontier", is the ideal home of this unique gem--and for good reason The province of Palawan is home to flora and fauna found nowhere else in the Philippines, and its isolation has allowed it to remain relatively pristine. A narrow area of some 1,700 islands stretching across 1.7 million hectares on the Philippines' western side, it is the biggest province in the country.

Today, in one of Palawan's most remote islands, exists the laboratory and workplace of Jewelmer, one of the world's most prestigious pearl farmers. It is a sheltered place, with constantly moving water in a small channel between two islands, assuring predictable currents and temperatures, a constant supply of nutrients, and freedom from human and industrial pollution.

The pearl farm is, by necessity and essence, eco-friendly, and the Palawan South Sea pearl remains the only gem that is formed and harvested in a non-extractive manner. No normal processes are interrupted, no disruptive outside variables introduced, and no other living things disturbed or endangered to create it. Each pearl harvested is the result of the harmony between man and nature at their very best.