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Baroque pearls are simply pearls that have an irregular shape. Freshwater pearls are most commonly baroque as freshwater pearls are mantle-tissue nucleated instead of bead nucleated. So the pearls are rarely perfectly spherical. Image File history File links Pearl_and_Diamonds. ...
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Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ...
// A scattering of round-brilliant cut diamonds shows off the many reflecting facets. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number platinum, Pt, 78 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10, 6, d Appearance grayish white Atomic mass 195. ...
White pearls strung on a necklace A pearl is a hard, rounded object produced by certain animals, primarily mollusks such as oysters. ...
Akoya pearls (commonly known as cultured saltwater pearls) can also be baroque, but the baroque shape of an akoya pearl differs from that of a freshwater pearl. This is because akoya pearls are bead-nucleated and thus have a perfectly spherical bead within. So in the event a harvested akoya pearl is a baroque, it has a small tail that comes to a sharp point behind a rounded front.
The most valuable of baroque pearls are the South Sea and Tahitian pearls. These pearls are produced by the Pinctada margaritifera, and the Pinctada maxima (black-lipped oysters and white-lipped oysters). Although these are a variety of cultured saltwater pearls, the amount of time that the pearls are cultured dramatically increases the depth of the nacre, and the likelihood of producing a baroque pearl. Most Tahitian pearl farm harvests, for example, produce more than 40 percent baroque and semi-baroque pearls. Species Pinctada maxima Pinctada margaritifera Pinctada fucata Pinctada radiata Pinctada albina Pinctada virens Pinctada chemnitzi Pinctada maculata Pinctada nigra Pinctada atropurpurea Pinctada laosensis Pinctada martensi The Pearl Oysters are the genus Pinctada of bivalve molluscs. ...
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- Pearl Types
- Pearl-Guide
- Pearl Shapes
- Cultured Pearl Shapes
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