In Reply to: maybe you shouldn't posted by Freogirl on Friday, 14. May 2010 at 23:21 Bali Time:
has an article on the Lombok Pearl industry which discusses how the imported fresh pearls are impacting on the local business.
"Happy said that large quantities of freshwater pearls coming from China and Pakistan were flooding the province's market.
Freshwater pearls are similar to seawater pearls in terms of size, color and texture, but are far cheaper, Happy said.
One freshwater pearl, he said, usually fetched about Rp 10,000 on the local market, but a seawater pearls could be priced at Rp 1 million. "