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Diversity is a principle of nature |
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Freshwater Cultured Pearls |
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Cultured freshwater
pearls used to be grown almost exclusively in Japan’s Lake Biwa near
Kyoto, on account of which they were known as Biwa pearls. Nowadays
most of them are grown as non-nucleated cultured pearls on pearl farms
in the rivers and lakes of China. They come in a wide range of shapes,
often round or baroque. Their colours range from pale pink, to salmon
orange, to brown-purple, and they vary in size from 2 to 12 mm, although
cultured pearls that are larger than 8 mm are often grown using a
nucleus. The growth phase of cultured freshwater pearls is between
1.5 and 4 years. |
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