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A project undertaken by the OCEANIS research team in French Polynesia aims at developing a certification for the Tahitian pearls (something a bit similar to Champagne, some sort of AOC).
This would be made technically possible with a mineral tracer (no radioactive stuff
), making it possible to tell apart pearls from French polynesia from P. margaritifera pearls from other origins (x-rays).
Another developement aims at improving the retention of the nucleus and the overall pearl quality. Two prophylactic processes (that I'm unable to describe in English) will allow for a more uniform formation of the pearl sac thus producing rounder and cleaner pearls.
If you want to know more about this, go here and there and don't forget your French-to-English phrasebook
This would be made technically possible with a mineral tracer (no radioactive stuff
), making it possible to tell apart pearls from French polynesia from P. margaritifera pearls from other origins (x-rays).Another developement aims at improving the retention of the nucleus and the overall pearl quality. Two prophylactic processes (that I'm unable to describe in English) will allow for a more uniform formation of the pearl sac thus producing rounder and cleaner pearls.
If you want to know more about this, go here and there and don't forget your French-to-English phrasebook
