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Cultured pearls

Kokichi Mikimoto was granted the patent in 1916 and the technology of cultivating perfectly round pearls was commercially applied to akoya pearl oysters (Pinctada imbricata) in Japan. This revolutionized the pearl industry because it allowed the reliable and consistent cultivation of large numbers of quality pearls. Incoming search terms:most popular cultured pearls in palawan (1) var...