From single source to global free market: The transformation of the cultured pearl industry

Gems and Gemology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 200-226

  Shor, Russell ^a  

^a GIA   (United States)

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EID: 36448947994     PISSN: 0016626X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5741/GEMS.43.3.200     Document Type: Article

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