Other uses Infobox mineral name Pearl boxwidth boxbgcolor image PerlmuttAusst.jpg imagesize 150x150 alt ... A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue specifically the mantle mollusc mantle of a living animal shell shell ed mollusk . Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is made up of calcium ... pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other shapes of pearls baroque pearl s occur. The finest ..., and because of this, the word pearl has become a metaphor for something very rare, fine, admirable ... rare. These wild pearls are referred to as natural pearls. Cultured or farmed pearls from pearl oyster ... like function. ref http books.google.com books?id vO0fBTJKdBcC&q pearl v snippet&q pearl&f false ref Etymology The English word pearl comes from the French language French perle , originally from the Latin ... ref Definition File Black pearl and his shell.jpg thumb A black pearl and a shell of the black lipped pearl oyster File Pearl farm Seram, Indonesia .jpg thumb Saltwater pearl oyster farm, Seram, Indonesia Almost any shelled mollusk can, by natural processes, produce some kind of pearl when an irritating ... pearl is made from layers of nacre , by the same living process as is used in the secretion of the mother of pearl which lines the shell. A natural pearl or wild pearl is one that forms without any human intervention at all, in the wild, and is very rare. Many hundreds of pearl oysters or pearl mussels have to be gathered and opened, and thus killed, in order to find even one wild pearl, and for many ... such extraordinary prices in the past. A cultured pearl is formed in a pearl farm, using human intervention as well as natural processes. One family of nacreous pearl bivalves the pearl oyster lives ... mussel s such as the freshwater pearl mussel . Saltwater pearls can grow in several species of Marine ocean marine pearl oyster s in the Family biology family Pteriidae . Freshwater pearls grow ... Unionidae and Margaritiferidae . File Pearl Oysters.jpg thumb upright left A pearl being extracted ... more details
Pearl Street Manhattan Pearl Street Station Pearl Street Albany, New York Pearl Street Boston in Boston, Massachusetts Pearl Street Reading, Massachusetts Pearl Street School Pearl Street Cincinnati, Ohio Pearl Street Market Pearl Street Boulder, Colorado Pearl Street Mall See also Pearl Street Historic District disambiguation Pearl Street Schoolhouse disambiguation Category Streets in the United States fr Pearl Street ... more details
wiktionary Pearlpearl A pearl is a hard object produced by mollusks. Pearl may also refer to TOC right People Pearl given name Pearl Aday born 1975 , American singer songwriter Bruce Pearl born 1960 , American college basketball coach Daniel Pearl 1963 2002 , American journalist who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan Judea Pearl born 1936 , computer scientist and philosopher Minnie Pearl 1912 1996 , American country comedienne Raymond Pearl 1879 1940 , American biologist Earl Monroe born 1944 , a.k.a. Earl The Pearl , American basketball player Janis Joplin 1943 1970 , American singer songwriter Pearl is one of her nicknames Places Pearl, Ontario , Canada Pearl Islands , Panama The Pearl Qatar , an artificial island in Qatar Pearl, Illinois , United States Pearl, Kansas , United States Pearl, Michigan , United States Pearl, Mississippi , United States Pearl, United States Virgin Islands Literature The Pearl novel The Pearl novel , by John Steinbeck Pearl poem Pearl poem , a 14th century Middle English work Pearl literary magazine Pearl literary magazine , a journal founded in 1974 The Pearl magazine The Pearl magazine , a pornographic publication published 1879 1880 P.E.A.R.L. Awards , an award for paranormal romantic literature Music Pearl album Pearl album , by Janis Joplin The Pearl album The Pearl album , by Harold Budd and Brian Eno Pearls Elkie Brooks album Pearls Elkie ... Pearl song Pearl song , by Chapterhouse The Pearls , a musical group Pearl Award , an award of the Faith centered Music Association Pearl Drums , a musical instrument manufacturer Pearl , a song by Katy Perry on the album Teenage Dream Katy Perry album Teenage Dream Pearl , a song by Tommy Roe Film and television Pearl TV series Pearl TV series , a 1996 1997 sitcom Pearl miniseries Pearl miniseries , a 1978 TV series about the attack on Pearl Harbor La perla The Pearl , a 1947 film adaptation of the Steinbeck novel The Pearl DHARMA Initiative , a research station on the TV series Lost TVB ... more details
Pearl River may refer to TOCright Bodies of water Pearl River China , river in the south of China Pearl River Delta PRD , area around the mouth of the Pearl River in Guangdong Pearl River Delta Economic Zone , economic region in the PRD Pearl River mega city , proposed mega city in the PRD Pearl River Mississippi Louisiana , in the United States Communities and administrative divisions In the United States Pearl River, Louisiana Pearl River, Mississippi Pearl River, New York Pearl River County, Mississippi Pearl River County School District In music Pearl River Piano Group , the largest piano factory in the world Pearl River band , a country music band Pearl River album Pearl River album , the above band s second album Other Pearl Rivers &mdash the nom de plume of Eliza Jane Poitevent Holbrook Nicholson Pearl River Metro North station , New Jersey train station Pearl River Resort , Mississippi casino resort Pearl River Community College , Mississippi community college Pearl River Tower , business tower See also lookfrom Pearl River Pearl River High School disambiguation Pearl river map turtle Battle of the Pearl River Forts disambig de Pearl River es Pearl River it Pearl River nl Pearl River pl Pearl River pt Pearl River vo Pearl River ... more details
Wiktionary Pearl necklace may refer to Pearl Pearls in jewelry Pearls in jewelry Pearl necklace sexuality , sexual act Pearl Necklace song Pearl Necklace song , song by ZZ Top Pearl Necklace , song by MorissonPoe featured on Perfect Dark Zero Pearl Necklace horse Pearl Necklace , American Thoroughbred racehorse Disambig it Collana di perle disambigua ... more details
Pearl Beach may refer to Pearl Beach, New South Wales , Australia Pearl Beach, St. Clair County, Michigan , U.S., on the St. Clair River Pearl Beach, Branch County, Michigan , U.S., an unincorporated community on Coldwater Lake geodis ... more details
Pearl Light may refer to SS Pearl Light , a Hong Kong registered cargo ship in service 1964 66 Pearl Light , a beer brewed by the Pearl Brewing Company , San Antonio, Texas, United States. It is also an homonym of Perlite . dab ... more details
HMS Pearl may refer to HMS Pearl 1708 , a fourth rate of 42 guns launched in 1708 a detachment of its crew under Lieutenant Robert Maynard killed Blackbeard in 1718 broken up in 1722 HMS Pearl 1726 , a fourth rate of 42 guns launched in 1726 and sold in 1744 HMS Pearl 1744 , a fifth rate of 44 guns launched in 1744 and sold in 1759 HMS Pearl 1762 , a fifth rate of 32 guns launched in 1762, renamed Prothee in 1825, and sold in 1832 HMS Pearl 1828 , a sloop of 20 guns launched in 1828 HMS Pearl 1855 , a corvette of 21 guns launched in 1855 HMS Pearl 1890 , a Pearl class cruiser Pearl class cruiser launched in 1890 and sold for scrap in 1906 See also Pearl disambiguation Transportation Pearl disambiguation , for other ships of this name Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Pearl Category Royal Navy ship names ... more details
Yellow Pearl may refer to Yellow Pearl band , a Dutch pop rock band Yellow Pearl album Yellow Pearl album , a compilation album by Phil Lynott Yellow Pearl , a song by Phil Lynott from Solo in Soho Yellow Pearl, an Asian American folk music group of the 1970s as well as the name of one of their songs on their 1973 album A Grain of Sand Music for the Struggle by Asians in America . See Chris Iijima . disambig ... more details
Pearl tea may refer to Bubble tea , tea, milk, and chewy tapioca balls Gunpowder tea zh ch or pearl tea , a form of green Chinese tea disambig ... more details
Pearl of the Orient may refer to Places Pearl of the Orient Seas , the historical Name of the Philippines name of Philippines . Pearl of the Orient , the nickname of Hong Kong , seeing Emblem of Hong Kong Colonial coat of arms 1959 1997 Coat of Arms of Hong Kong . The Pearl of the Orient, the nickname of Ho Chi Minh City . The Pearl of the Orient, the nickname of Penang . Other uses Pearl of the Orient Tower , a residential skyscraper located in Manila, Philippines . Pearl of the Orient , a song which sings praises to Hong Kong in 1991, written by Lo Ta yu . Pearl of the Orient , the Chinese name of Glittering Days , a Hong Kong TV programme in 2006. Christopher Nicole bibliography Pearl of the Orient Series Pearl of the Orient Series , the Series of books by Christopher Nicole . disambig zh ... more details
Pearl Fryar is an African American topiary artist living in Bishopville, South Carolina . Born in Clinton, North Carolina , Pearl was the son of a sharecropper. Since the early 1980s, Pearl Fryar has been creating fantastic topiary at his garden in Bishopville, South Carolina. Living sculptures, Pearl s topiaries are astounding feats of artistry and horticulture. Many of the plants in Pearl s garden were rescued from the compost pile at local nurseries. With Pearl s patience and skilled hands, these throw aways have thrived and have been transformed into wonderful abstract shapes. Pearl Fryar and his ... articles, television shows, and even a documentary, A Man Named Pearl. Today, the Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden draws visitors from around the globe. Visitors to the Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden experience a place that is alternately beautiful, whimsical, educational, and inspiring. Pearl s garden ... topiary is complemented by his junk art sculptures placed throughout the garden. Pearl s garden ... of Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden and the Garden Conservancy formed a partnership with Pearl Fryar. Through this partnership, they hope to preserve and maintain the Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden and to further Pearl s message of inspiration and hope. He is the subject of the 2006 documentary film, http www.imdb.com title tt0878134 A Man Named Pearl . File Entry to Fryar s Garden.JPG thumb External links http www.pearlfryar.com The Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden official site http www.hgtv.com a man named pearl show index.html Official movie site, A Man Named Pearl http www.gardenconservancy.org presGard.pl ... hm pearl24 2008jul24,0,3463056.story July 24, 2008 LA Times article Pearl Fryar, Topiary Hero http www.humanflowerproject.com index.php weblog comments evergreen surrealist pearl fryar A weblog, The Human ... 2008 01 amazing gardens of pearl fryar.html article with photos of some of Fryar s work Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fryar, Pearl ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... more details
File PerlmuttAusst.jpg thumb left Pearls The color pearl is a pale tint of White off white . It is a representation of the average color of a pearl . dubious date October 2011 The first recorded use of pearl as a color name in English language English was in 1604 . ref Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York 1930 McGraw Hill Page 201 Color Sample of Pearl Page 111 Plate 44 Color Sample A2 ref Pearl in human culture Interior design Interior Design Pearl is a color used in interior design which when an off white tint is desired. Religion In Christianity , the entrance to Heaven is called the pearly gates . References references See also List of colors shades of white Category Shades of white ... more details
primarysources date August 2009 Image Pearl Izumi.svg right Pearl Izumi is a company that produces sports apparel . With origins in Tokyo , Japan over 50 years ago, it began to be seen in the US around 1981 and is now formally known as Pearl Izumi USA, Inc. It has sponsored many bicycling teams, including the 1984 USA Olympic team . DASH America dba Pearl Izumi USA was founded by Davis Phinney, Andy Hampsten, Stan Mavis, & Hugh Walton who purchased the trademark from David Jacobs who founded Spyder and was the original distributor of Pearl Izumi in the USA. Pearl Izumi has products in many sports including cross country skiing , triathlon , duathlon , and running, but their primary focus is cycling ref cite web title Pearl Izumi History url http www.pearlizumi.com cms index.php?page history accessdate 2008 11 03 ref . The name Pearl Izumi USA, Inc. is derived from the gem pearl and an area of Japan known for its clear water Izumi. Literally translated, the name means, fountain of pearls. References references External links http www.pearlizumi.com Official link Category Sporting goods manufacturers of the United States Category Shoe brands Category Sportswear brands pl Pearl Izumi ... more details
Infobox Airline airline Pearl Air logo logo size fleet size 1 destinations 6 IATA ICAO PRL ICAO country prefix AP callsign PEARL LINE parent Habib Alvi Group founded 2004 headquarters Karachi , Pakistan key people Faheem Baig Senior Executive Vice President hubs Jinnah International Airport focus cities Allama Iqbal International Airport frequent flyer lounge alliance website Pearl Air was a private airline based at Jinnah International Airport , Sindh , Pakistan . Pearl Air is a part of Habib Alvi Group of Companies. Pearl Air had planned to operate on domestic routes. History A Boeing 737 200Adv was delivered to the airline in January 2004. However due to licencing and acquiring rights to start passenger transportation the airline never took off. On December 24, 2005 the airline was granted rights to fly in Pakistan by the CAA of Pakistan. Pearl Air is a privately owned airline of Pakistan that is owned by and operates under the Habib Alvi Group. This airline of Pakistan was launched in the year 2004 and planned to start operations from 2007 however this failed materialise. Pearl Air had as its senior executive Vice President, Faheem Baig and had intended to establish its hub at Karachi s Jinnah International Airport . In January 2012, Civil Aviation Authority CAA allowed Pearl Airlines to start operation in Pakistan. Now Passenger Planes of Pearl Airlines would be started soon. ref http www.awamiweb.com civil aviation allows indus airlines and pearl airlines to start operation in pakistan 33293.html ref From Karachi , it was to operate direct flights to Islamabad , Peshawar and Lahore . A Boeing 737 200 was the sole aircraft in Pearl Air s fleet. Fleet 1 Boeing 737 200 Planned Destinations Pearl Air planned to fly to the following destinations http www.pearlair.com.pk schedules.php Karachi Jinnah International Airport Islamabad Benazir Bhutto International Airport Lahore ... in 2004 Pakistan airline stub pt Pearl Air ... more details
Barry Pearl born Barry Lee Pearl in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lancaster , Pennsylvania on March 29, 1950 is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Doody, one of the three supporting T Birds, in the 1978 film version of Grease film Grease . He never starred in movies again, but found some fame as a children s theatre TV actor. He played Professor Tinkerputt in the primetime special Barney s Imagination Island and the US tour of Barney s Big Surprise , a stage production based on the Barney & Friends popular TV show . He was also seen as Enma in Mirmo and starred in an episode of Disney Channel s Even Stevens . Currently, he stars as Arnold in the national tour of Happy Days, the Musical . External links IMDb name id 0669046 name Barry Pearl http www.barrypearl.com Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pearl, Barry ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American actor DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1950 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pearl, Barry Category Barney & Friends Category 1950 births Category People from Lancaster, Pennsylvania Category Living people US screen actor stub es Barry Pearl it Barry Pearl nl Barry Pearl pl Barry Pearl ... more details
About the search strategy the cultivation of pearls Cultured pearl Orphan date April 2010 Pearl growing is a metaphor taken from the process of small bits of sand growing to make a beautiful pearl, which is used in information literacy . Pearl Growing is in this context the process of using one information item like a subject term or citation to find more information. This search strategy is most successfully employed at the beginning of the research process as the searcher uncovers new pearl s about his or her topic. Citation pearl growing Citation pearl growing is the act of using one relevant source, or citation , to find more relevant sources on a topic. The searcher usually has a document that matches a topic or information need. From this document, the searcher is able to find other keywords, descriptors and themes to use in a subsequent search. ref Markey, K. & Cochrane, P. 1981. ONTAP Online Training and Practice Manual for ERIC Database Searchers, 2nd edn, Syracuse University, N.Y. October 1981. ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources. ref Citation Pearl Growing is a popular search and retrieval method used by librarian s. ref Ramer, S. 2005 . Site ation pearl growing Methods and librarianship history and theory. Journal of the Medical Library Association, 93 3 397 400. http www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 80 pmc articles PMC1175807 ref Subject pearl growing Subject pearl growing ... to the search. Internet pearl growing Searchers use the pearl growing technique when surfing ... move from site to site, collecting information. Ramer 2005 suggests pearl growing by using the pearl ... External links http newadonis.creighton.edu HSL searching PearlGrowing.html Citation Pearl Growing from Creighton University http choo.fis.utoronto.ca fis courses lis1325 Pearl.html Pearl Growing Technique by Chun Wei Choo at University of Toronto Category Information science DEFAULTSORT Pearl Growing sv Pearl growing ... more details
wikify date January 2011 The Tahitian pearl , or black pearl , is an organic gemstone gem formed from the black lip oyster or Pinctada margaritifera cumingi . ref name autogenerated73 Newman, Renee. Pearl Buying Guide . Black Pearls. Los Angeles International Jewelry Publications, c2005, p. 73 ref Description The oyster and pearl are indigenous to the pure blue lagoon s of French Polynesia . It would take opening thousands of oysters just to find an all natural Tahitian pearl without the know how. This gives the Tahitian pearl its mystique of being one of nature s rarest of gems. The cultured pearl culturing process involves an expert grafter who inserts a bead made of a mollusk shell found in Mississippi into the pearl bag the ovaries of the mature oyster. It takes two years for an oyster to become mature enough to start producing pearls. Also, inserted with the bead, is a piece of tissue ..., Antoinette. The Pearl Book. Tahiti and French Polynesia. Vermont Gemstone Press, c2008, pp. 104 107 ref The cultured Tahitian pearl comes in various shapes, sizes, and colors. The different shapes include round, semi round, button, circle, oval, teardrop, semi baroque, and baroque pearl baroque . ref Newman, Renee. Pearl Buying Guide. Black Pearls. Los Angeles International Jewelry Publications .... You can sometimes see all or any combination of these colors in a cultured Tahitian pearl. Due to the variety of shapes and colors of the Tahitian pearl, it has been known to fit nicely in any jewelry .... Tahitian Pearl Earrings. New York Potter Craft, c2009, pp. 161 162 ref The versatility, brilliant ... alike. As an export The Tahitian pearl is French Polynesia s largest export , making up over 55 of the country s annual export. ref name autogenerated104 The cultured Tahitian pearl farms are located ... s that make up French Polynesia. Tahiti is the main archipelago. ref Southgate, Paul C. The Pearl Oyster. The Pearl Market. Buena Vista Elsevier. c2008, pp. 357 361 ref References reflist Category Pearls ... more details
Infobox company company name Pearl Flutes company logo Image Pearlflutes.JPG company type Musical Instrument Manufacturer foundation April 1968 location city Chiba Prefecture Chiba location country Japan key people area served industry products Flute , Alto flute , Piccolo revenue operating income net income num employees parent subsid homepage http www.pearlflute.com www.pearlflute.com footnotes Pearl Flutes established Chiba Prefecture Chiba , Japan , 1968 is part of the Pearl Musical Instrument Company which was originally founded in 1946. The flutes are distributed worldwide by Pearl Musical Instrument Company, in the USA by Pearl Corporation based in Nashville, Tennessee Nashville , Tennessee , and in Europe by Pearl Music Europe based in Venlo , The Netherlands . Pearl is more famous for its line of Drum kit drums and Percussion instrument percussion instruments, but in recent years it has become highly regarded for its wide range of flutes from student and mid range instruments, including an Alto flute and a composite bodied Piccolo which are made in its Taiwanese factory, to fully handmade solid silver and 10K, 14K and 18K gold instruments in its factory in Chiba, Japan. Pearl Flutes manufacture all of their instruments with French Pointed Keywork, and a Pinless Mechanism system based on the use of socket headed screws. This is different from other flute makers, most of whom would choose to use small pins to hold together critical parts of the flute s mechanism which have been known to snag on clothing and let moisture into the delicate internal workings of the flute. The slogan of Pearl Flutes is A Tradition of Innovation . External links http www.pearlflute.com Official Pearl Flute Website English http www.pearldrum.com Official Pearl Drum Website English http www.pearlgakki.com Official Pearl Drum and Flute Website Japanese Category Flute makers ... more details
Taxobox name Pearl oyster image Pinctada margaritifera.jpg image caption Black lip oyster , Pinctada margaritifera regnum Animal ia phylum Mollusk Mollusca classis Bivalvia ordo Pterioida familia Pteriidae ... See text. Pearl oysters are saltwater clams, Marine ocean marine bivalve mollusc s of the genus ... of nacre , also known as mother of pearl . Pearl oysters are not closely related to either the edible oyster s of family Ostreidae , or the freshwater pearl mussel s of the families Unionidae and Margaritiferidae . Pinctada maxima pearl oysters are the only oyster that produces South Sea pearls. Currently ... properties that can lead to them making large pearl s of commercial value. Attempts have been ... of significant commercial interest are Gulf pearl oyster , Pinctada radiata Persian Gulf , Red ... oyster , Pinctada maxima Australia Fiji Tahiti Myanmar Akoya pearl oyster or Akoya pearl oyster, Pinctada ... Ocean Australia China Shark Bay pearl oyster Pinctada albina Australia Image OysterBowl.jpg thumb left 200px Pearl oysters waiting to be opened Image Pearl Oysters.jpg thumb left 200px Opening and extracting pearls from farmed pearl oysters File Akoya gai from Ago Bay.jpg thumb 200px Cultivated pearl ... , the Akoya pearl oyster. Pearls are also obtained in commercial quantities from some species ... mussel species unrelated to pearl oysters. These freshwater species include Hyriopsis cumingii ..., the typical lifespan of a pearl oyster is usually around 3 years to 14 years. Pinctada maxima are seeded at about 2 years of age and take 2 years to fully develop a pearl. They can be reseeded up to 3 or 4 times. Akoya pearls are harvested after about 9 to 16 months Also see pearl diving . Species list Shark Bay pearl oyster , Pinctada albina Pinctada atropurpurea Pinctada chemnitzi Japanese pearl oyster or Akoya pearl oyster , Pinctada fucata Pinctada laosensis Pinctada maculata Black lip ... Pinctada nigra Gulf pearl oyster , Pinctada radiata Pinctada virens French Polynesia black External ... more details
for the building in Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower Infobox building name Pearl Tower location Panama City , Panam coordinates floor count 70 completion date 2009 antenna spire convert 242 m ft abbr on Pearl Tower is a 70 floor 242 meter 794 foot skyscraper under construction in Panama City , Panam . It was first an idea i 2000 Construction is set to end in December 2009. See also List of tallest buildings in Panama City List of tallest buildings in the world External links http www.emporis.com en wm bu ?id 244997 Emporis.com Pearl Tower http skyscraperpage.com cities ?buildingID 41316 SkycraperPage.com Pearl Tower coord 9 00 37 N 79 27 57 W region PA type landmark source kolossus frwiki display title Category Skyscrapers between 200 and 249 meters Panama stub fr Pearl Tower hi ... more details
unreferenced date May 2011 Image Imperial Empress Crown 2.png thumb The coronation crown worn by empress Farah Pahlavi Farah of Iran on the coronation in 1967 studded with multiple baroque pearls. Baroque pearls are simply pearl s that have an irregular shape. Cultured freshwater pearls are most commonly baroque , because freshwater pearls are mantle tissue nucleated instead of bead nucleated. Thus these pearls are rarely perfectly spherical and can appear Oval geometry oval or ovoid. Akoya pearls commonly known as Cultured pearl cultured saltwater pearls can also be baroque, but the baroque shape of an akoya pearl differs from that of a freshwater pearl. This is because akoya pearls are bead nucleated they have a perfectly spherical bead within. So in the event that a harvested akoya pearl turns out to be baroque, it has a small tail that comes to a sharp point behind a rounded front, in other words, it is teardrop shaped. The most valuable of baroque pearls are the South Sea and Tahiti an pearls. These pearls are produced by the Pinctada margaritifera , and the Pinctada maxima black lipped pearl oyster oyster s, gold lipped and white lipped oysters . Although these are a variety of cultured saltwater pearls, the amount of time that the pearls are cultured dramatically increases the depth of the nacre , and the likelihood of producing a baroque pearl. Most Tahitian pearl farm harvests, for example, produce more than 40 percent baroque and semi baroque pearls. Western Australia is currently the worlds largest cultivator of Pinctada maxima gold lipped oysters. Tahiti is the number one cultivator of Pinctada maxima black lipped oysters. External links http www.pearl guide.com Pearl Guide http www.pearlparadise.com pearlqualityguide.html Pearl Shapes http www.pearlsofjoy.com index.asp?PageAction Custom&ID 38 Cultured Pearl Shapes Category Jewellery components Category Pearls ... more details
no footnotes date November 2010 Image Cultured pearl oyster.jpg.jpg thumb 300px A newly opened Hyriopsis cumingi, freshwater mussel, showing the rows of cultured pearls inside. A cultured pearl is a pearl created by a pearl farmer under controlled conditions. Development of a pearl A pearl is formed when the mantle tissue is injured by a parasite, an attack of a fish or another event that damages the external fragile rim of the shell of a molluc shell bivalve or gastropod . In response, the mantle tissue of the mollusk secretes nacre into the pearl sac, a cyst that forms during the healing process ... builds up in layers of minute aragonite tablets, it fills the growing pearl sac and eventually forms a pearl. It is a myth that a grain of sand or grit can cause a pearl to form, as nacre will not adhere to inorganic substances. Pearl Natural pearls Natural pearls are those pearls that are formed ... a helping hand. By actually inserting a tissue graft of a donor oyster, a pearl sac forms, and its inner side precipitates calcium carbonate in the form of nacre. A common pearl seed is made from a small ... be seen. The pearl industry Modern day cultured pearls are primarily the result of discoveries made ... some cultures had long been able to artificially stimulate mollusks into producing a type of pearl ... Mise and Nishikawa discovered was a specific technique for inducing the creation of a round pearl within ... harvest of rounds was produced in 1916. This discovery revolutionized the pearl industry, because it allowed pearl farmers to reliably cultivate large numbers of high quality pearls. In contrast ... could be monitored for up to two years until each pearl was fully formed, thus better ensuring ... out of the pearl industry, allowing it to become stable and predictable, and fostering its rapid growth ... through the use of x rays , which reveals the inner nucleus of the pearl. External links DEFAULTSORT Cultured Pearl Category Pearls Category Japanese inventions de Perle Zuchtperlen th ... more details
Infobox writer for more information see Template Infobox writer doc name Matthew Pearl image caption birth date October 2 birth place New York, New York death date death place occupation Novelist genre Historical fiction literary fiction movement influences Caleb Carr br Umberto Eco influenced website http www.matthewpearl.com Matthew Pearl is an United States American novel ist and educator. His novels include The Dante Club , The Poe Shadow and The Last Dickens and have been published in more than 40 countries. Biography Pearl graduated from University School of Nova Southeastern University NSU . He attended Harvard College and Yale Law School and has taught writing and literature at Emerson College and Harvard University . He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts . The Dante Club was published in 2003. His second novel, a historical thriller about the death of Edgar Allan Poe called The Poe Shadow , was published by Random House in the United States on May 23, 2006 and was a New York Times bestseller. His third novel, The Last Dickens , was released in the United States on March 17, 2009. ref http www.dailymail.co.uk home books article 1139806 Matthew Pearl The Last Dickens.html The Last Dickens , The Daily Mail ref Pearl has also written op ed articles on literature and culture for The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , and The Boston Globe . References Reflist External ... Pearl http www.myspace.com quentinclark Official Myspace page of Matthew Pearl http www.writersnewsweekly.com literary spotlight matthew pearl.html Mathew Pearl s Inverview with WritersNewsWeekly.com Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pearl, Matthew ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH New York, New York DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pearl, Matthew ... people Category Living people US novelist stub de Matthew Pearl es Matthew Pearl it Matthew Pearl la Matthaeus Pearl ja pl Matthew Pearl sk Matthew Pearl zh ... more details
unreferenced date January 2011 Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Airline airline Pearl Airways image image size IATA HP ICAO HPA callsign PEARL AIRWAYS founded commenced ceased hubs secondary hubs focus cities frequent flyer lounge alliance subsidiaries fleet size destinations parent company slogan headquarters Haiti key people website Pearl Airways or Pearl Airways Compagne Haitienne was an airline based in Haiti . Aviation lists Category Defunct airlines of Haiti NorthAm airline stub ... more details
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