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Natural pearls Contrary to popular belief, a natural pearls is not formed by a grain of sand. This story is an urban legend. A natural pearl forms inside a bivalve mollusk when the shell has been invaded by a parasite or damaged. The most common reason a natural pearl will develop is due to parasitic invasion. The parasite wil burrow through the periostracum layer (outer layer) of a mollusk shell and into the mother-of-pearl beneath. When the parasite penetrates the mother of pearl in comes in contact with the mollusk's mantle muscle. This muscle contains cells known as epithelial cells. These cells produce a substance called nacre which coats the inside of the shell (mother-of-pearl) and is the substance of which a pearl is composed. The parasite becomes lodged in this mantle muscle and dies. The mollusk's definsive reaction is to grow a sac around the intruder. This sac is called the pearl sac. Once the sac encases the intruder the cells begin to deposit nacre- which is composed of aragonite and calcite (a calcium carbonate compound) platelets. Cultured Pearls Cultured (marine) pearls are grown by inserting a rounded bead of mother-of-pearl and a piece of mantle tissue containing epithelial cells from a donor mollusk into the gonad, or reproductive organ, of a host mollusk. The donor tissue grows into a pearl sac around the bead. As in natural pearl production, this sac then deposits nacre.
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∙ 14y agopearls are made out of a oyters,
when oysters get a piece of sand inside them they will develope a pearl but it usually takes about three to five years then you would crack it open and there you would have a pearl.
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∙ 12y agosand that as been rubbed together for a long time
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∙ 12y agoA pearl is made of sand that an oyster gets and creates which takes about 3-5 years
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∙ 11y agopearls are formed when an oyster needs to protect itself
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∙ 12y agoThe inner shell of oysters, mussels and some clams are what makes mother of pearl, also known as 'nacre'.
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they are made with real pear puree
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where pear pad be made i want it and where pear pad sell,i so really want the pear pad what year pear pad for sell
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yes home made
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you CAN'T iCarly made it up so they would not have to sponsor apple it's the same with the pear phone and pear pad
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They made a perfect pear
What happened when two fruit companies merged?
They Made A Perfect Pear
Does the pear pad exist?
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They Made The Perfect Pear.Actually its They Made A Perfect Pear not the
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They place empty bottles directly on the fruit trees where the fruit bud is made to grow inside each bottle.
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