| Hi Pattye,
If it were even 0.5mm of the radius that would be amazing news that they certainly would have stated if it were true, which it probably is not. However, these are larger pinctadas and seem to be of the radiata kind that grows somewhat faster especially with some growth hormone help, so calling them akoyas is probably more a figure of speech referring to the nucleation and treatment processes as well as the final look of the product. Anyway, it appears that the Japanese are now competing with the Australians over the market in large akoyas after they already lost the market in small akoyas to the Chinese.
Zeide |