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Tropical treasure trove.
This article tells about the process of culturing black pearls in French Polynesia, one of the islands top exports. In fact French Polynesia is the worlds second largest supplier of pearls. The success of the industry did not come easy due to price fluctuations and destructive cyclones in the 1980 s that destroyed several oysters. In industry must also deal with Japans domination of the international pearl business. The Japanese also dominate the craft of grafting, considered to be the key in production in cultured pearls.