[DOC] [TLE] Pearl farming world map - Pearl farming - Sustainable Pearls [PAR] Important production is limited to a few countries. The following world map gives 
an overview of major (and some minor) cultured pearl producing regions. [DOC] [TLE] China's Pearl Industry: an Indicator of Ecological Stress - Our World [PAR] The country has a long and rich history in pearls coming from saltwater oysters ... 
In 2010, it produced 20 tonnes of marine cultured pearls from the Akoya oyster ... 
However, these steps can lead to nutrient impoverishment of soils and waters. [DOC] [TLE] NOVA | Transcripts | The Perfect Pearl | PBS [PAR] Dec 29, 1998 ... NARRATOR: Of all of the world's gems, it is the pearl which has held the ... 
Today's cultured pearls are produced in their millions in a .... helping to establish 
the countries first cultured pearl farm in the .... Long term problems with pollution 
have made Japanese scientists leading authorities on algal blooms. [DOC] [TLE] Pearls and Trade - American University [PAR] There are essentially three types of pearls: natural, cultured and imitation. .... In 
fact, many of the industry s leading pearl producers think that this ignorance is 
.... the oysters with the ideal mixture to produce some of the world s finest pearls. 
... However, many pearl producing countries export their pearls to Japan, where... [DOC] [TLE] Paspaley Pearl- The Most Perfect Cultured Pearl Ever Produced [PAR] In comparison with the average size of South Sea pearls produced, which is 13 
mm, .... of these pearls, followed by other countries with a coastline in the South 
Sea, such ... as the world's leading producer of quality South Sea cultured pearls. [DOC] [TLE] Steve King on the Pearl Industry | Vanity Fair [PAR] Mass production of cultured pearls began at roughly the moment when the ... A 
conference of leading figures from the world of pearls was arranged to coincide 
with the ... Pearling Company, the country's biggest producer of South Sea pearls
. [DOC] [TLE] PEARLS AND JAPAN: HISTORY, KOKICHI MIKIMOTO, CULTURED ... [PAR] Pearls are produced by oysters as everyone knows. ... the Bible and were found 
at 5500-year-old archeological sights in America and Europe. ... blows: 1) the 
mass production of cultured pearls in Japan and 2) world-wide depression. ..... 
freshwater pearl shell China leads the world in the production of freshwater 
pearls. [DOC] [TLE] Economics of Pearl Farming (PDF Download Available) [PAR] Australia is the world's major supplier of South Sea pearls. ... in recent decades, 
as have the shares of the main countries producing cultured pearls. On the ...... 
International Pearling Journal by the Golay Company, a leading trader in pearls. [DOC] [TLE] major pearl producing countries - Pearl-Guide.com [PAR] what are the major pearl producing countries? ... concerned, you find that in the 
thread everything you ever wanted to know about pearl culturing in the cultured 
pearls sub-forum. ... Title : Pearls and Pearl Oysters of the world. [DOC] [TLE] Global Natural and Cultured Pearl Industry - PR Newswire [PAR] Oct 21, 2015 ... Table 10: World Cultured Pearls (Unworked) Imports by Leading Countries ... 
Table 11: World Cultured Pearls (Worked) Exports by Leading Countries (2014): 
.... III-20 Table 36: Japanese Akoya Cultured Pearls Production:... [DOC] [TLE] A History of the Cultured Pearl Industry - BioOne [PAR] around the world since ancient times, including by civiliza- tions in Egypt ... 
present, cultured pearls are produced in Australia, the ... Research on pearl 
culturing in this country .... techniques, leading toward stable production of high 
quality. [DOC] [TLE] Pearl - Wikipedia [PAR] A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of 
a living ... Cultured or farmed pearls from pearl oysters and freshwater mussels 
make up .... countries could afford their own cultured pearl necklace, natural 
pearls were .... which produced some of the finest pearls in the known ancient 
world. [DOC] [TLE] The Return of the American Pearl - Icon Pearls - The World of Pearls [PAR] I thought all pearls came from overseas, and cultured pearls come mainly from ... 
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Question: This country leads the world in the production of cultured pearls
Answer: Japan