Ok, this is probably a dumb question, but how do they get pearls in all those intersting shapes like coins, squares, hearts, and crosses? I have no idea.
Question about pearls
Aug 06, 2006
5 Replies
They plant little crosses, squares, diamonds, etc. in the mussels. All cultured pearls have "seeds"; these are just bigger than most, and not round.
Georgia
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It's usually oysters, not mussels (mussels don't produce the same quality nacre), but yeah....the technique is called "seeding."
KarenS
Would they put in something hollow that the seed is going to grow into and take the shape of?
They put in a shaped "seed" that the oyster covers with nacre.
-Amber.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I get it now! Thanks!
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