i found what i beleive may be a pearl in the pacific i will attach a photo.

[tyler1001]

hello everybody the pearl? is 13.5 x 13 mm any insight would be greatly apeciated thanks!!

 

[BWeaves]

Was this just lying on the beach or in the water? Or did you find it in a mollusk.

It looks like a round piece of quartz, not a pearl.

Rocks and pebbles will get tumbled perfectly smooth and round by the action of the waves rolling them around on the sand.

 

[pearlescence]

Or it could be a nucleus.

 

[BWeaves]

Do nuclei migrate? (Cue Monty Python.)

But seriously, can you take photos in natural light, but not direct sunlight, please? Place the bead in the shade, on a white paper towel. And try to get a close up of the surface, so we can see the texture of the bead's surface.

 

[Pareltje]

Can you please take a close up picture with a neutral (white, beige) background?

 

[pearlescence]

They get rejected.

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Could be ceramic....better photos definitely needed.
White background, in focus, no flash, close up.

 

[BWeaves]

They get rejected.

Yes, I know. I was making a funny. But if the bead is found nowhere near a pearl farm, I can't imagine that a nucleus would get washed miles and miles away from where the oyster rejected it. It's always possible it got gobbled up and expelled by some animal or fisherman.

 

[battah]

Do nuclei migrate? (Cue Monty Python.)

Not at all. They could be carried.

 

[pearlescence]

OP didn't say where. Pacific is big

 

[ericw]

I think it's a joke, but round, that's true.

 

[Pareltje]

It could be a pebble polished by the waves. Quartz like BWeaves said. I've seen translucent white pebbles like that at the beach.
First picture on top shows some striation. Second pic at the bottom in a row of 3 pics shows that it is not perfectly round. I assume nuclei are perfectly round.

 

[tyler1001]

hello i got another picture of it on a white paper towel.
i will post it at the bottem.

 

[tyler1001]

under normal lighting on a paper towel

under normal lighting on a paper towel

its from vancouver island where there is plenty of wild oysters and oyster farmers.

 

[tyler1001]

sorry i did find it on the beach in comox. thanks guys!

 

[BWeaves]

I'm sorry, Tyler. It still does not look like a pearl to me. It looks like quartz or glass.

 

[tyler1001]

Was this just lying on the beach or in the water? Or did you find it in a mollusk.

It looks like a round piece of quartz, not a pearl.

Rocks and pebbles will get tumbled perfectly smooth and round by the action of the waves rolling them around on the sand.

i found it lying it on the beach there is oysters and oyster farms close by.....

 

[BWeaves]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I would think the oyster farms in Vancouver are farming food oysters, not pearls.

If they are trying to farm pearls, then this could be a rejected nucleus, which would be mollusk shell, but not a pearl.

 

[tyler1001]

thanks for your opinion! greatly appreciated.

 

[ericw]

It looks like a cooked fish's eye...