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2. Cultured freshwater pearls - Wikipedia

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   A bead crochet necklace made from crochet lace, sterling silver, and freshwater pearls. Cultured freshwater pearls are pearls that are farmed and created using freshwater mussels. These pearls are produced in Japan and the United States on a limited scale, but are now almost exclusively produced in China. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission ...

3. Pearl - Wikipedia

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   Tahitian pearls, frequently referred to as black pearls, [19] are highly valued because of their rarity; the culturing process for them dictates a smaller volume output and they can never be mass-produced because, in common with most sea pearls, the oyster can only be nucleated with one pearl at a time, while freshwater mussels are capable of ...

4. Baroque pearl - Wikipedia

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   Cultured saltwater pearls can also be baroque, but tend to be more teardrop-shaped due to the use of a spherical nucleation bead. Nowadays, most jewelry stores selling baroque pearl jewelry offer cultured freshwater pearls rather than wild freshwater pearls, which are significantly more expensive. Cultured freshwater pearls are affordable and ...

5. Cultured pearl - Wikipedia

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   The cultured pearls on the market today can be divided into two categories. The first category covers the beaded cultured pearls, including Akoya, South Sea, Tahiti, and the large, modern freshwater pearl, the Edison pearl. These pearls are gonad-grown, and usually one pearl is grown at a time. This limits the number of pearls at a harvest period.

6. John Latendresse - Wikipedia

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   John Robert Latendresse (July 26, 1925 in South Dakota – July 23, 2000) [1] was an American collector, known for being the "father of American cultured freshwater pearls". [2] He left home at 13, and lying about his age, joined the U.S. Marines at 15, serving 38 months in the South Pacific during World War II .

7. Unionida - Wikipedia

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   To this date the bulk of the freshwater mussel shell and freshwater pearl production comes from Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee. [ 17 ] In 1963 the first experimental United States freshwater mussel cultured pearl farm was established in Tennessee by John Latendresse , who is widely proclaimed as "the father of the U.S. cultured ...