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For centuries pearls were regarded as the most valuable material on earth, as no two of these natural wonders are alike. The English word unique is derived from the Latin "unios", a word meaning "singular" or "unique", which has been used to describe "a large, fine pearl".
Although there are two types of pearls; natural and cultured, today natural pearls are a true rarity. In the late Nineteenth Century several methods of pearl cultivation were invented, the most famous and successful being the Mikimoto method developed in Japan. Japanese saltwater pearls are cultivated with Akoya oysters, and the survival rate, which is less than 50%, is the lowest among all oyster varieties. Less than 5% of Akoya pearl output can be considered "high quality."
The cultured pearl process begins when a shell nucleus from a pig-toe mussel (the mussel species that provides the most successful nucleus) is inserted into the pearl oyster. This irritant causes the oyster to secrete and encircle the nucleus with multiple layers of nacre, and over time the nucleus is transformed into a pearl. After the "seeding" process, the pearl farmers place the oysters in wire-mesh baskets and suspend them in the sea, lovingly monitoring and tending their changes in the hope of producing high quality pearls. Pearls are harvested after anywhere from eighteen months to three years, depending on the required size and quality.


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