Cultured Pearls Increasingly Being Described as Natural, CIBJO Says
October 18, 2017 by Rob Bates
"CIBJO World Jewellery Federation has noted a “worrying trend” of cultured pearls being inaccurately described online as natural.
In a special report of the organization’s pearl commission, commission president Kenneth Scarratt says that he has long seen pearl sellers omit the word cultured in describing their product. But now some online sellers are going even further and inaccurately describing colored freshwater cultured pearls as natural.
“When challenged, the individuals making such incorrect statements ... '
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