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Old 11-09-2006, 09:20 PM
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6.5-7mm and 7-7.5mm are the staple sizes. There is a bit of a price jump after 7.5mm because those larger pearls are slmost exclusively harvested in Japan. Japan has all but stopped producing Akoya smaller than 7.5mm.

Pearls smaller than 6.5mm have been difficult to source in the past, but they are not nearly as popular anyway.
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