natural pearl
Unfarmed nacre sphere
A natural pearl forms inside a mollusk without human intervention, created when the animal coats an irritant with layers of nacre over years.
Natural pearls are rare and valuable compared to cultured pearls, which are produced by deliberately inserting material into the mollusk.
Most pearls sold today are cultured; natural pearls command premium prices at auction.
- oysterPearl-bearing edible mollusk
- oyster bedBivalve cultivation site
- lustrousSoftly bright, reflective
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
- nacreIridescent shell coating
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- organic gemsamber, jet, coral, nacre, ammolite
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