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Pearl Pendant 1bbdc40285dbc0b56eda99b4881b1e6bPearls are objects produced within the soft mantle of a mollusk. Like the shell of the mollusk, a pearl is composed of a microcrystalline calcium carbonate that is deposited in thin concentric layers. Pearls can occur spontaneously in nature, but the bulk of the worlds pearls are obtained through farming, or culturing, pearls from freshwater mollusks. Wild pearls, or pearls occurring without human intervention, are incredibly rare. Seeding a pearl

Normally the mineral deposits are in the form of quartz or calcite

angled cheek bones

Trilobites are extinct hard shelled marine arthropods with amazingly great diversity

and the surface iridescence and golden color results from inclusions of limonite

Each measures ~ 4 to 5" across x 2" high

Although Stingrays have eyes

that title belonged to the Imperial Mammoth

much the same as in fine wood used for inlay purposes

Jasper is an opaque stone originating from silica rich sediment or volcanic ash

needing no cutting or polishing

but their stony replicas

Onchopristis are thought to have had electrosensors to detect prey swimming below them