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Kailis Australian Pearls

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Kailis Australian Pearls

Kailis Australian Pearls. Are they pearls naturally formed at sea or cultured? How do I find out how much they cost? Has anyone dealt with them before?
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Australian South Sea Pearls
Each Kailis pearl is born from the purest waters on earth; sculptured by nature, chance and time.

The process of producing a cultured pearl begins when a graft of mantle tissue and a nucleus made from mussel shell are delicately inserted into a host oyster. The graft of mantle tissue encourages the development of a pearl sac around the nucleus, from where the oyster will secrete layers of satiny nacre from which a pearl will be created. This nacre gives the pearl its unique iridescence.

Cultured Australian South Sea pearls - revered for their superb lustre and size - are grown inside the Pinctada maxima, the world's largest pearl-producing oyster.

Other popular cultured pearl types include: Tahitian pearls, derived from the Pinctada margaritifera, which are found in the waters of French Polynesia and the Cook Islands; Akoya pearls, derived from Pinctada fucata, found mainly in the southern and western portions of the Japanese islands; and Freshwater cultured pearls, which are produced predominantly in China by several different species of mussel.


Iimagine these would be expensive
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All newly made pearl jewellery for sale today will be using cultured pearls. Sale of natural pearls is prohibited to preserve the ocean's ecosystems. This is true in Canada, the States and most other developed countries. The only exception is antique jewellery, which may contain natural pearls, but in this case it will be even more expensive (antique value + natural pearls value).

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