For the pinctada pearl shell brought work for pearling masters and divers.
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Pinctada margaritifera and Pinctada mertensi, which live in the tropical and sub-tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean.
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Pinctada withdrew from the project a fortnight ago.
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Plastic eventually scuttled the mother of pearl industry so Broome learned how to farm pearls from the Japanese with their local, humongous pinctada oysters.