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Definitions of pearl in various dictionaries:
noun - a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster
noun - a shade of white the color of bleached bones
noun - a shape that is spherical and small
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| Oyster's center |
| Necklace item |
| Oyster's prize |
| Modern June birthstone |
| Harbor of Hawaii |
| June birthstone |
| It may be cultured |
| Buck or Bailey |
| One on a strand |
| It may be stranded |
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| The "Roman" type of this mollusk gem is a glass bead filled with wax |
| The "seed" variety of these weighs less than 1/4 grain, equivalent to 1/16 carat |
| Hester Prynne named her infant this, "as being of great price" |
| Often, a grain of sand is all it takes to irritate an oyster into producing this gem |
| If you were born in June, you'll know this is the only birthstone that comes from an animal |
| In 1934, a giant clam had yielded one of these gems with a diameter of 5 1/2 inches, weighing over 14 pounds |
| The Pinctada maxima, or silver-lip oyster, is the largest oyster capable of cultivating one of these |
| Mother-of-this! It's June's stone, along with moonstone & alexandrite |
| (Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a gemstone.) The product of a living organism, it's the birthstone for the month of June |
| 1 of 3 birthstones for June, it's the only one derived from an animal source |
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| a hard, lustrous spherical mass, typically white or bluish-grey, formed within the shell of a pearl oyster or other bivalve mollusc and highly prized as a gem. |
| a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster much valued as a jewel |
| a shade of white the color of bleached bones |
| gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean |
| a shape that is small and round |
| mother-of-pearl : |
| the white shiny colour of pearl or a pale colour |
| a small drop of liquid: |
| an artificially made pearl: |
| jewellery made from pearls: |
| Pearl description |
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A pearl is a hard glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as a conulariid. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is composed of calcium carbonate (mainly aragonite or a mixture of aragonite and calcite) in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other shapes, known as baroque pearls, can occur. The finest quality natural pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries. Because of this, pearl has become a metaphor for something rare, fine, admirable and valuable. * The most valuable pearls occur spontaneously in the wild, but are extremely rare. These wild pearls are referred to as natural pearls. Cultured or farmed pearls from pearl oysters and freshwater mussels make up the majority of those currently sold. Imitation pearls are also widely sold in inexpensive jewelry, but t |