Harvesting of a black pearl -Rangiroa French Polynesia ; The Pearl is not sacrificed and it is possible to make a second implantation (transplantation) for about 30% of individuals and even a third for about 10%. This technique allows the production of very large beads because the nucleus introduced in second and third operation are larger.
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