i want your natural blisters in shell/pearl !!!

[Caitlin]

A thread like this can have legs, but over time. It's a great idea.

[dmj]

hey dave nice blister ! what type of shell is this ?

[Lagoon Island Pearls]

California mussel. Mytilus californianus

[Lagoon Island Pearls]

Here are a few more.

[Adeline Leigh]

This is so intriguing. Anyone lucky enough to spot one of those darn critters that produced the blisters? Do they actually thrive or die behind the pearly bulge?

[dmj]

i hope to find a seahorse or something like that in it one day :P i know about 3 shells that have fish in them on naturalpearls.ch there is one on http://www.naturalpearls.ch/

[DerekJ]

I just found this one the other day in the Pet Store I work at part-time. Its pretty small and misshappen. Sorry for the terrible photo.

[Adeline Leigh]

Oh wow, oh wow, oh WOW!!!

Mr Thomas Hochstrasser has one killer collection. I can't get over the pink and pomegranate red conch pearls.

Amazing; he should be sharing his expertise here on PG.

I love the way the pearls have been displayed next to the shells, similar to the way they were found in situ.

Again, wow.

[pearls92]

Few month ago I posted a Thread: “Pinctada shell found with 85 natural pearls in it”

My Pinctada has many big blister pearls, I post some photos and ask if someone can tell me how they were formed.

Gianpiero Piva

gppiva@libero.it

[Caitlin]

Glad you found this thread Gianpiero! Your pearls in a shell are perfect here, as well as in their own thread.

[dmj]

ciao gianpiero,

are there many small holes at the back of the shell ?

most shells i have with blisters show clearly where an intruder came in

this week a had a tridacna squamosa with a 7 cm long blister send to me and some other nice shells with blister pics will follow soon

[pearls92]

Ciao,

I don’t note small holes but may be perforating animals, now I post a photo of the back of the shell and some radiography made by CISGEM.

Gianpiero Piva

gppiva@libero.it

[dmj]

niceeee ! does anyone know what the little tree like structure in the shell at the right is i have a lot that show this and always wonder what it was ?

[pearls92]

I do not know, I think it's limestone structure of a worm.

Gianpiero Piva

gppiva@libero.it

[noorwida]

hi all, i want to share my collection too