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  2. California Silk Center Association - Wikipedia

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    To encourage silk culture in California, the Legislature, in 1865–1866 [3] (another source states 1867), passed an act giving a bounty of $250 for every plantation of 5,000 mulberry trees two years old, and one of $300 for every 100,000 merchantable cocoons produced.

  3. Wild silk - Wikipedia

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    Antheraea assamensis produces muga silk, and another wild silkworm (Samia ricini) produces eri silk. The estimated annual production of tasar silk is 130 tonnes. Production of other types of silk exceeds 10 000 tonnes (Gupta 1994). [9] In 2015, the complete sequence and the protein structure of Muga Silk Fibroin was analyzed and published. [10]

  4. Ahimsa silk - Wikipedia

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    The pupa is allowed to hatch and the leftover cocoon is then used to create silk. [3]While the Bombyx mori (also called mulberry silkworm or mulberry silk moth) are the preferred species for creating ahimsa silk, there are a few other types of species that fall under the category of ahimsa silk, which is defined not necessarily by the species of the moth involved but by the methods for ...

  5. Little Italy, San Diego - Wikipedia

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    Little Italy is a neighborhood in downtown San Diego, California, [2] that was originally a predominantly Italian and Portuguese fishing neighborhood. It now consists of Italian restaurants, grocery stores, home design stores, art galleries and residential units.

  6. Sericulture - Wikipedia

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    In 1977, a piece of ceramic created 5400–5500 years ago and designed to look like a silkworm was discovered in Nancun, Hebei, providing the earliest known evidence of sericulture. [2] Also, by careful analysis of archaeological silk fibre found on Indus Civilization sites dating back to 2450–2000 BCE, it is believed that silk was being used ...

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  8. Eri silk - Wikipedia

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    Eri silk is a type of peace silk produced by the domesticated silkworm Samia ricini. It is primarily produced in the northeastern Indian states of Assam, Nagaland and Meghalaya, but it is also found in Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh on a smaller scale. [1] It was imported to Thailand in 1974. [2]

  9. More than $12 million worth of jewelry and Hermes bags ... - AOL

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    Police are searching for a burglar who stole more than £10 million ($12.5 million) worth of bespoke jewelry in north-west London in what is thought to be one of the biggest thefts from a British ...