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Thursday, June 13, 2019

Where do baroque pearls come from?

An oyster makes pearls on its own by secreting nacre, or mother of pearl, around an irritant that gets into its shell. ... At oyster farms, when the mollusks are large enough, a worker carefully pries open the shell and inserts a small nucleus, or bead, as well as a piece of mantle cut from another pearl oyster.Aug 12, 2013
The most valuable of baroque pearls are the South Sea and Tahitian pearls. These pearls are produced by Pinctada margaritifera (black-lipped oysters) and Pinctada maxima (gold-lipped and white-lipped oysters).

Baroque pearl - Wikipedia


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Where do baroque pearls come from?

The most valuable of baroque pearls are the South Sea and Tahitian pearls. These pearls are produced by Pinctada margaritifera (black-lipped oysters) and Pinctada maxima (gold-lipped and white-lipped oysters).
Black pearls are formed when that piece of sand gets stuck in the body of a very specific type of oyster, the Tahitian black-lipped Pinctada margaritifera. The interior shell, called the nacre, of most oysters is usually a glossy white or silver but theTahitian black-lipped oyster features a thick band of black.Nov 15, 2010
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