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Old 02-18-2008, 01:17 AM
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In the body method...! Do you know where in China they are experimenting with Kasumi-style implantation? I saw that strand of pearls in Tucson and would not have believed it was a Chinese strand produced in that method until I saw the pearls. They are clearly out-of-mantle production. They have the Kasumi-like texture which I assume comes from a pearl sac not encased within a muscle. I had not previously heard of any Chinese operations experimenting with that style of grafting since Akamatsu G&G article six years ago.

Have they been put through an x-ray yet to see if the nuclei are pierced? Do you have any idea if they are from a similar Hyriosis cumingii/Hyriopsis schlegelii hybrid?
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