freshwater pearl
Mollusk's inland treasure
A freshwater pearl is a pearl produced by mussels in rivers, lakes, and ponds rather than by oysters in the ocean.
Freshwater pearls are generally less expensive than saltwater varieties and come in a wider range of shapes and colors: She wore a strand of freshwater pearls.
The term distinguishes them from marine pearls in jewelry contexts.
- musselEdible two-shelled mollusk
- oysterPearl-bearing edible mollusk
- lusterSoft reflected light
- soft glowSubdued, diffuse illumination
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
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- organic gemsamber, jet, coral, nacre, ammolite
- Pearlsnacre, luster, nucleation, nucleus, opalescence
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