With no cure in sight, could cultured pearls become as rare as their natural counterparts?

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The awards honor, recognize and promote designers whose work uses natural colored gemstones and cultured pearls in finished fine jewelry design.

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The one thing all of these pieces had in common was that colored gemstones and cultured pearls were the focal point in the work.

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In the 1890s, Kokichi Mikimoto perfected the process of creating whole cultured pearls by introducing an irritant into an oyster's tissue, thereby making high-quality pearl jewelry more available and affordable.

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Gurus were also big buyers of a new American Stock Exchange listing from Hong Kong, Man Sang Holdings, one of the largest purchasers and processors of Chinese cultured and fresh water pearls.

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Gurus were also big buyers of a new American Stock Exchange listing from Hong Kong, Man Sang Holdings (amex: AMHJ - news - people ), one of the largest purchasers and processors of Chinese cultured and fresh water pearls.

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