Beschreibung:

An astonishingly beautiful group formed over a period of several decades, including many rare and unavailable species, with a wide selection of both nacreous and non-nacreous natural pearls found in oysters, snails and various other mollusks from the Atlantic, the Caribbean, the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific Ocean. 1) Haliotis fulgen,, green Abalone pearl, 37.0 cts, 48mm; and shell 2) Melo melo, pearl, 6.0 cts, 10mm; and shell 3) Mercenaria mercenaria, a purple Quahog pearl, 5.5 cts, 10.0mm; and shell 4) Pteria sterna, pearl, 8.19 cts, 13.0mm; and a blister shell 5) Pinctada maxima, white-lipped oyster pearl, 4.00 cts, 10.2mm; and a blister shell 6) Lyropecten nodosa, Lion’s paw pearl, 5.5 cts, 10.8mm; and shell 7) Malleus, “Hammer shell” blister pearl, 2 pcs 8) Scallop chlamys pearl, 2.43 cts, 6mm; and shell 9) Pecten pearl, 2.0 cts, 6.5mm; and shell 10 Pinctada margaritifera, black-lipped oyster blister pearl on shell, width 4.5cm 11 Spondylus sinensis, Thorny oyster blister pearl, 8.5 cts, and 15.5mm; and shell 12) Two Mussel pearls, 1.0 cts and 4.5 cts; and a blister pearl, (3) 13 ) Pteria penguin pearl, 5.45 cts, 12.0mm: and shell 14) Lima lima vulgaris pearl, 1.5 carats, 7.5mm: and shell 15) Cyprae cassispearl, 1.5 cts, 11.5mm; and shell 16) Pinctada margaritifera blister pearl 17) Two Periglypta chemnitzi pearls: 1.96 cts and 6.0 cts: and shell 18) Whelk pearl, 6.0 cts, 9.5mm: and shell 19) Atrira blister pearl 20) Limpet blister pearl 21) Two Squamosa pearls, one bouton-shaped, 37.5 carats, 18mm and one drop-shaped, 9.0 carats, 12mm 22) Strombus galeatus, Giant Eastern Pacific Conch, 5.0 cts; 9.5mm; and shell 23) Strombus gigas, “Queen Conch” pearl, 3.0 cts,8.5mm; and shell 24) Cypraea pearl, 2.5 cts, 8.2mm 25) Cassis pearl, 7.0 cts,13.5mm (2 pcs) All weights and measurements approximate. (61 pcs)