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    15 tons of tahitians pearls ...

    .8mm is the layer thickness control with Xray .8mm is the layer thickness control with Xray Just to inform that .8mm is the legal thickness of layer .... so for a pearl, 0.8mm minimum + the diameter of the nucleus + 0.8mm minimum again =the diameter of the pearls Marama
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    Josh/Kamoka Pearl fans

    Josh, I heard that you are going or willing to sell your farm? is it true ? regards, Marama
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    15 tons of tahitians pearls ...

    Hello, I heard that finally, more than 15 tons of pearls have been exported last year (2009) from Tahiti ... I don't believe that ... for a production on crisis. Any idea? Any more accurate information ? regards, Marama
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    The "chocolate" Trend

    Chocolate good to eat, not to wear ... Chocolate good to eat, not to wear ... Hi, actually, those are nice chocolate-like pearls ... But what I don't like with the "Chocolate" is : What is the real color of chocolate ? Brown, light brown, bronze, brown yellow .... We are entering the...
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    Is this a Tahitian?

    Hello, So I will say that this could be a Tahitian Pearl. Off course, not the one we are used to see in the pearl business, but as I worked with a lot of tahitian pearls, I have seen some pearls quite similar to this one. It is probably the bid (nucleus) that you could see through the brown...
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    Have you ever peeled a pearl -We Have and look what we got

    Thanks Effisk, there is actually 8 pearls ... I put the chocolate and green pearls just for you guys to have a reference for the color. You are also right, on the first picture, you can see a small pearl inside the whole ... but actually it is a Keshi. In my opinion, there was a growing keshi...
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    GIE Perles de Tahiti is Done

    Hello, People just have to know that the court of trade of Papeete brought back the GIE Perle de Tahiti in a new status: My English is not good enough, but the company still exist and it is manage by a king of lawyer. It does not mean that the GIE would be able to paid all the contracts ... but...
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    Have you ever peeled a pearl -We Have and look what we got

    samples .... samples .... Here is a row of 8 pearls .... the 2 first pearls are just the layers of shell (the nucleus is gone). Then 2 pearl with only half of the shell layer And on the right a smaller pearl revealed under some dirty layer of shell. The second picture shows: the same 2...
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    Have you ever peeled a pearl -We Have and look what we got

    I think it is a nice joke I think it is a nice joke Hello Everybody. It looks like a nice joke... I have also tried on dozen and dozen of pearls, but never I saw that kind of results... with such kind of tools and in only 20 minutes ... We have maybe more than 2000 ugly pearls... We tried so...
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    Buying Tahitians in Tahiti or Moorea

    Hello, have you done you trip yet ? Maybe I could help you to find the right guy. Regards, Marama
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    My pistachio pearl actually glows!

    Pistachio ... Pistachio ... I hate Hong Kong people and some Indian people.... Now they have pistachio dyed pearls... using the same process than the Chocolate pearls.
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    GIE Perles de Tahiti is Done

    GIE PDT Still alive GIE PDT Still alive GIE PDT is back from the "dead" ...
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    Hong Kong anyone?

    Thank for the news Thank for the news Hello Josh... I was supposed to visit this Hong Kong Show... but the crisis is so present now in Tahiti. My uncle (a pearl farmer) has now stopped his production... off course, he is not so big as you ( less than 60 000 oysters) but the market is now so...
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    to be taxed or not to be taxed...

    funny... I ask one broker to get the status of the export tax; he told me that the tax is no more suspended, and that the customs was on the way to put the tax back on SOFIX ( the software they are using to make the customs declarations)... then I call one of the customs officers and he told...
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    GIE Perles de Tahiti is Done

    Pattye (and Josh), I am actually a relative of a pearl farmer? Since my youngest age, I started to spend some time with him during my holidays. He is not a big pearl farmer, but he taught me his life, his job and his passion. Pearl farming was a great opportunity for him and lot of people from...
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    Will GIE Perles de Tahiti will come back ?

    THREADS moved in Pearls Industry News THREADS moved in Pearls Industry News Please, go and read my new post in: Forum : Pearls Industry news > GIE Perles de Tahiti is Done thanks
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    GIE Perles de Tahiti is Done

    Since the cancellation of the law voted to suspend the export tax (for the Tahitian pearls since the 1st october 2008), 5 days ago, there is a new question that is floating in the air. Will the GIE Perles de Tahiti (promotion association) come back? It is said in the Tahitipresse.pf website and...
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    Will GIE Perles de Tahiti will come back ?

    oups sorry...
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    Will GIE Perles de Tahiti will come back ?

    Since the cancellation of the law voted to suspend the export tax (for the Tahitian pearls since the 1st october 2008), 5 days ago, there is a new question that is floating in the air. Will the GIE Perles de Tahiti (promotion association) come back? It is said in the Tahitipresse.pf website...
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    Took My Breath Away.....

    nice job nice job Hello, nice pearls, nice job Josh... thanks for the nice colors. Marama
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