Many people mistakenly believe that cultured pearls are fake and cheap. In fact, more than 95% of the pearls in the jewelry market today are cultured pearls, with prices ranging from a few dollars to thousands of dollars, and the remaining natural pearls are even more valuable.
The production of natural pearls is very scarce. It takes about 30,000 oysters to produce one natural pearl that can be used as a gemstone. As a result, many pearling grounds in history have collapsed due to overfishing of pearl oysters.
In addition, the pearling process is extremely dangerous, facing undercurrents, low temperatures, and even shark and crocodile ambushes. Many people in ancient and modern times have died from pearling. According to the "Song Hui Yao" in ancient China, "people died from drowning every day" from pearling; the Japanese Pearl Monument on Thursday Island in Australia is also to commemorate more than 100 pearl divers who died of decompression sickness.
From an ecological perspective, the pursuit of natural pearls has led to the problem of overfishing of pearl oysters; looking back at history, natural pearls are like blood diamonds, which are a waste of money and labor. Only cultured pearls do not harm the environment or take human lives, and can also produce pearls of great value.
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