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  2. Keshi pearl - Wikipedia

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    The term keshi (occasionally misspelled Keishi, apparently a confusion with "Heishi beads") was first used in Japan to refer to pearls without nuclei. Akoya pearl cultivation, which began in the 1920s in Japan, provided numerous small, most often greyish pearls as a by-product. Traders from India, where natural pearls were harvested and ...

  3. Pinctada fucata - Wikipedia

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    Pinctada fucata, the Akoya pearl oyster (阿古屋貝), is a species of marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pteriidae, the pearl oysters. Some authorities classify this oyster as Pinctada fucata martensii (Gould, 1850). [1] It is native to shallow waters in the Indo-Pacific region and is used in the culture of pearls.

  4. Cultured pearl - Wikipedia

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    The original Japanese cultured pearls, known as akoya pearls, are produced by a species of small pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata, which is no bigger than 6 to 8 cm in size, hence akoya pearls larger than 10 mm in diameter are extremely rare and highly priced. Today, a hybrid mollusk is used in both Japan and China in the production of akoya pearls.

  5. Pearl - Wikipedia

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    The original Japanese cultured pearls, known as akoya pearls, are produced by a species of small pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii, which is no bigger than 6 to 8 cm (2.4 to 3.1 in) in size, hence akoya pearls larger than 10 mm in diameter are extremely rare and highly priced. Today, a hybrid mollusk is used in both Japan and China in the ...

  6. Ago Bay - Wikipedia

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    Pearl cultivation was first invented in the bay by Kōkichi Mikimoto in 1893. [4] The cultured pearl industry soon took root in the area. However, in the 1900s, environmental degradation affected the bay's marine life. Development of the surrounding land and the construction of concrete dikes cut into the area's tidal flats.

  7. Cultured freshwater pearls - Wikipedia

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    Cultured freshwater pearls are pearls that are farmed and created using freshwater mussels. These pearls are produced in Japan and the United States on a limited scale, but are now almost exclusively produced in China. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission requires that farmed freshwater pearls be referred to as "freshwater cultured pearls" in ...

  8. Akoya - Wikipedia

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    Akoya may refer to: People. Akoya Sogi, Japanese voice actress; Other. Akoya condominiums, is a 47-story, high-rise residential condominium located in Miami Beach; Akoya, a genus of sea snails; Akoya akoya (Calliostoma akoya), a species of sea snail; Akoya pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata), a species of pearl oyster

  9. Baroque pearl - Wikipedia

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    Although these are a variety of cultured saltwater pearls, the amount of time that the pearls are cultured dramatically increases the depth of the nacre, and the likelihood of producing a baroque pearl. Most Tahitian pearl farm harvests, which, for example, produce more than 40 percent baroque and semi-baroque pearls.

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