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Pearls
are cultivated in areas which have the
right water temperature, are clean and
nutritious. The following are the locations
where cultured pearls-both saltwater
and freshwater-are recovered.
Saltwater
Pearls
- Australia
- Although
originally a source of mother-of-pearl
for many thousands of years, Australia
is now a main producer of cultured
South Sea pearls.
- South
Sea
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The South Sea area is responsible
for producing the world's largest
and finest saltwater cultured
pearls. The area extends from
Burma and the Gulf of Thailand
through the Sulu Sea of the Philippines,
Malaysia, the Indonesian Arafura
Sea and north-west Australia.
It continues into the Cook Islands,
eastward through Tahiti to the
Tuamotu Archipelago and the Gambier
Islands in French Polynesia. The
Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Australia, Cook Islands and Tahiti
produce the much sought after
South Sea cultured pearls.
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