What is a Pearl? A pearl is a hard round formation made inside the soft type tissue of a alive shelled mollusk. Similar to the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is comprised of calcium carbonate in a small crystalline form, which has been made into concentric layers. The best type of pearl is absolutely…
Pearls are the birthstone for June. They are a roundish deposit that forms inside the oyster shell, usually caused by a fragment of shell, a scale, or a parasite that gets trapped inside the oyster. Mother of Pearl is made of the glossy lining inside the pearl oyster shell, and can form an array of…
