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Old 02-08-2008, 09:56 PM
Valeria101 Valeria101 is offline
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Originally Posted by gabrielamaria

...is it possible to put whatever size of nucleus inside a mollusk, if the animal is big enough?
My previous post (with the pictures) was abut nucleated pearls and answers the question: no you cannot really get over 20mm. That is what the largest pearl-making mollusks can bear. And 20m is hugely rare.

20mm beads already feel like a strand of cherries to me And no, I have never touched a strand of real pearls that large ... just other kinds of beads.

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