Cultured pearls
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Tahitian Pearls Defined
Tahitian pearls are bead-nucleated pearls grown in the gonad of the Pinctada margaritifera mollusk in French ...- Categories:
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Akoya Pearls Defined
Akoya pearls are bead-nucleated cultured pearls produced in the Pinctada fucata martensii and Pinctada fucata chemnitzii ...- Categories:
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Cultured Pearls Defined
A cultured pearl is any pearl grown with the influence of human intervention.
Cultured Pearl Formation
A pearl is formed when a small irritant or parasite penetrates and lodges in the mantle tissue of a mollusk. In response, a substance ...
