Natural Spondylus Princeps Pearls

[edrodrivaz]

Hi All

I recently found the following Spondylus Princeps Pearls.

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Goodness, that looks like a golf ball!
What size is that?

 

[loloperle]

Superrr !

 

[BWeaves]

I thought golfball, too. It's interesting.

 

[pattye]

Fascinating! Please tell us more, like size~photo seems to be enlarged to show the texture clearly, which I've never seen before!

 

[amti]

I would love to see the pearl from a distance too!

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Here is one on The Pearl Collector website, 10 x8 mm:

http://www.thepearlcollector.com/6-92ct-spondylus-pearl/

 

[pattye]

Oh, how I love checking out that website; thanks much, Pearl Dreams!

 

[ckrickett]

How neat is that!

 

[Lady_Disdain]

Such a cool pearl. There is always so much to learn about pearls and I love seeing these unusual types.

 

[Lagoon Island Pearls]

All scallops are Order: Pectinoida in taxonomy. Pearl oysters are Order: Pterioida. Mussels are Order: Mytiloida. (the "oida" suffix means having a shell)

Oyster and mussel shells (and pearls) are largely structured in layers of terraced aragonite and protein. Hence they may be defined as highly nacreous. All mollusks (and some annelids) are considered nacreous, but some to a greater degree than others, particularly Class: Cephalopod and some Class: Nudibranch, which have evolved away from shells, favoring mobility.

Scallops stray from this type of structure. Their shells have nacreous surfaces, but only where soft tissues attach and along margins of new growth. Very soon during each growth cycle, they'll structure their shells (and pearls) with foliated calcite. It's every bit as strong as other structures and quite elegant in different ways. Nacreous surfaces are like tiles on a floor or bricks in a wall, where foliated calcite appears more like rose pedals or fan shapes with a deck of cards.

 

[edrodrivaz]

For now I can not give information about this pearl why I am traveling.
Here are more photos of this pearl.

Thank you.

 

[MSC]

Super cool!

 

[GemGeek]

Fascinating!

 

[edrodrivaz]

Hi All

I found another Pearl of Spondylus

 

[Katbran]

Wow ... never seen anything like this ! Really interesting! Thanks for posting !

 

[edrodrivaz]

Hi.
More Pearls Spondylus.

 

[Katbran]

Quite fascinating really !

 

[edrodrivaz]

Hi

Showing my small collection of pearls Spondilus

 

[Pareltje]

Hi.
More Pearls Spondylus.

Awesome! They look like small golf balls to me because of the surface texture