Black and dark gray ..
South Sea? Is it common that lots of different Pinctada are mixed in anything but the lower qualities or color treated? For which.. that price sounds high even for me buying one at time over the counter

. No idea what the quantity discounts should be, but they can't be negative... can they.
Those pearls better be nice
Freshwaters... You could get Jeremy's 8-9mm AA's one by one (
HERE) for about that much though. LOL!
You could find buyers of colored gem rough complaining that the price of facetable quality is higher per carat then finished stones from the same material and source

Some sort of price-reversal. If that's happening for pearls, I'm lost
