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>TThere are a variety of pearls found on the earth. In this article, let’s talk about the mabe pearls.

A mabe pearl is a worked blister pearl attached to the shell of the oyster. The appearance of the mabe pearls occur occasionally in nature. The shape of the pearl is hemispherical and the growth of the pearl takes place against the interior of the oyster’s shell rather than growing inside the tissue. They develop on the shell. Then, there are cultures mabe pearls, whose growth is controlled by human interference. In this process a hemispherical nucleus is used instead of a rounder nucleus, and this nucleus is implanted against the oyster’s shell instead of implanting it within its tissues. Thus, the developed pearl takes the shape of the nucleus and hence it is hemisphere in shape.

The size of the mabe pearls depends on the size of the nucleus present in the interior of the mollusk’s shell. The larger the nucleus, larger is the pearl and vice versa.More information