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The Pearl - Glossary

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GLOSSARY
Strawberry-Pearls.—Large, pink, iridescent and lustrous baroques, fairly regular in shape, with the appearance of being thickly sanded under the nacre.
Sweet-Water Pearls.—Pearls from fresh-water.
True-Pearls.—Pearls formed of nacre as distinguished from similar formations which are not nacreous.
Twinned-Pearls.—Pearls enveloped together in one or more layers of nacre.
White-Shell.—Pearl-oyster shells with nacre white to the edge.
Yellow-Shell.—Pearl-oyster shells with yellowish nacre.
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