Pearl farming
A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as fossil conulariids. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is composed of calcium carb ...
in China is mainly concentrated in the southeastern part of the country, with the waterways of
Zhejiang province
Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangs ...
serving as the source for China's freshwater pearls.
[ Production has greatly increased through the 1990s and 2000s, with China, according to '']Times Online
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'', producing 90% of pearl necklaces globally.[
According to the Gems and Jewelry Trade Association of China China produced in 2007, "1,600 tons of pearls - over 95 percent of the world's total output". Supply glut worries Chinese pearl industry]
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See also
* Zhuji City -- pearl industry base
*Cultured pearl
Cultured pearls are formed within a cultured pearl sac with human intervention in the interior of productive living molluscs in a variety of conditions depending upon the mollusc and the goals. Just as the same as natural pearls, cultured pearls ...
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*Pearl hunting
Pearl hunting, also known as pearling, is the activity of recovering pearls from wild molluscs, usually oysters or mussels, in the sea or freshwater. Pearl hunting was prevalent in the Persian Gulf region and Japan for thousands of years. On the ...
References
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Further reading
China's pearl industry Supply glut worries Chinese pearl industry
External links
*Jiangsu Province Pearl Industry Associatio
* China Pearl Networ
* China Pearl and Jewellery Cit
Agriculture in China
Industry in China