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Originally Posted by Caitlin  There is not much of a market for Tridacna pearls- there are too few of them and the species is protected |
Hi Caitlin,
I have a friend who stay in one of the islet of Sulu, Philippines. His business is buying dried tridacna meat. And tridacna pickers sometime got a chance of getting pearl in the meat and you can't believed they are holding hundreds of tridacna pearsl. Sulu archipelago is reach in marine resources, korean and Taiwanes are making good profit in marine products from abalone to tuna to mention a few.
May be this pearl is just a collectors item but their luster is also good and the surface is 100% free from blemish I think it can also be use for jewelry set.