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Originally Posted by Caitlin Williams
Honest put the entire picture together. as I did in my researches on this very forum. The facts are all here.
Here is a picture of the unio I want o cultivate in my backyard pond: (I have gotten so I LOVE these critters! They have personality and readable behaviors. They are really cute! This one is potamilus purpurea and makes pearls the color of the inside of the shell! Would not anyone prefer to see pearls grown in this gorgeous natural color by a (relatively) simple small cut and a pice of mantle tissue inserted with no bead? In America. In our rivers, in our ponds, in our drainage ditches? Why do we think the Miki-mos are onto something better than that? We have been brainwashed for 100 years.
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Hi Caitlin,
That waking up period has been quite a journey for me. The deconstruction of what big business tells me is a valueable pearl, and the reconstruction of what I alone now think is a proper pearl has been a difficult, yet at the same time, wonderous realization.
And how charming would a necklace be that is made up of native pearls! Unique and different. That mussel pic you've posted has the most beautiful MOP nacre.
Slraep