We are back blogging afer a long nap!
It is estimated tha the Japanese Akoya production in Japan will be less than 15 tonnes this year. As the keshi harvest is less than 1% of the total production, it means that our little Japanese Akoya saltwater keshi pearls are becoming very rare indeed!
Contrast the production of Japanese Akoya Saltwater keshi to the production of Chinese freshwater pearls which in 2005 produced 1500 tonnes, and by some estimates will be over 2000 tonnes this year!
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:51 am So if on average a 7.5 mm cultured pearl weighs 3 carats, and if there are about 2268 carats in a pound and 1 tonne weighs 2204 pounds then that means over 3 billion freshwater pearls?
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:51 pm Can that be right? Im gonna check some info from sme rpoduction sites L.L.
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:49 am
I actually went online and referenced the 1500 ton figure. It seems to be correct according to various sites and people like Andy Muller, The Pearl Professor and various other trade magazines.
L.L.