Natural Pearls from Australian Pinctada Maxima
@article{Scarratt2012NaturalPF,
title={Natural Pearls from Australian Pinctada Maxima},
author={Kenneth Scarratt and Patrick Bracher and Michael Bracher and Ali Attawi and A. Al Safar and Sudarat Saeseaw and Artitaya Homkrajae and Nicholas Sturman},
journal={Gems \& Gemology},
year={2012},
volume={48},
pages={236-261}
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