Japan's akoya oysters have been preëminent among cultured pearls ever since Kokichi Mikimoto first established the industry in the early part of this century. But since 1994, something has been ...

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A great irony of pearl history is that the least expensive cultured pearl product in the market today rivals the quality of the most expensive natural pearls ever found. The price-value anomaly is ...

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A couple of friends who had just returned from Japan took me back ... we visited was Mikimoto Pearl Island. Many years ago, Mikimoto Kokichi managed to produce cultured pearls that slowly made ...

a senior official at the Tategami Akoya Pearl Aquaculture Corp. in Shima, Mie Prefecture. Ehime and Mie prefectures account for about 60 percent of the nation’s cultured pearl harvest.

Japan: The second-largest pearl producer, famous for its Akoya pearls, which come in various ... and produces some of the ...

As Grosz explained, “Assael stays in the realm for which we have long been renowned, which is the very best quality of fine pearls. We offer cultured varieties of Akoya, South Sea, Golden ...

Pearls form when oysters secrete layers of nacre around irritants. There are natural and cultured pearls, with natural ones being rarer and more valuable. The article discussed pearl formation ...

Below, you’ll find everything from timeless pearls to novelty sticks of butter in a variety of metals and minerals, including sterling silver, solid gold, and semi-precious stones. I organized ...

What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...

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