Talk:Cultured pearl

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I have made this edit in the past and it was reverted. Stating that more than 95% of pearls sold on the market today are cultured is grossly misleading. The true percentage is greater than 99.9999%. There have been less than a dozen natural pearl sales in the last year (as they are auction only), yet China has produced more than 1500 metric tons of cultured freshwater alone. With an average of 33 strands per kilo, well, you can do the math.