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Originally Posted by Valeria101 Big 'IF'. Make that HUGE !
Mikimoto pearls are not all of one grade either. And now everything is labeled AAA...AA everywhere, with no objective, common standard. So... it is a tad hard to imagine what you were comparing to what. Clearly, there are very nice and very bad pearls out there  with striking difference between them. Who knows... maybe the good one you looked at would also pale by comparison with yet something else. You never know.
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It is possible that you are correct. However, I own three strands of Akoya 7.5-8.0mm pearls that I use as a standard reference. Using the defiiniition of AAA, AA+, and AA published herein, they meet the definitions.
The Mikimoto's that I saw were clearly 2 orders of magnitude better than my own AAA standard.
Anyway, there is little purpose about disputes in personal standards. As a scientist, I am interested in the process that pearls are subjected to in order to be classed as any grade of Mikimoto.
