Dictionary of Gems and Gemology

2009 Edition
| Editors: Mohsen Manutchehr-Danai

oriental pearl

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72816-0_15840

the highest quality of natural pearl from pearl oyster genus Pinctadine of saltwater bivalve mollusks found in Persian Gulf, and sometimes extended to Red Sea and the Gulf of Mannar between Sri Lanka and India.

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