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Identifier: pearlspearling00vert (find matches)
Title: Pearls and pearling
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Vertrees, Herbert H. (Herbert Harvey), 1877-
Subjects: Pearls Pearl industry and trade Pearl fisheries
Publisher: New York : Fur News Pub. Co.
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anks have been cut. 93 IO List of Illustrations it The Marchioness of Londonderry 98 View of Illinois River, showing method of locating mussel beds 105 Crowfoot Dredge Outfits 109 The Mule Ill Crow-foot hook 112 Hooks and Lines 113 Outline Shape of Crow-foot 114 Machine for Making Twisted Hooks 116 The Crow-foot Dredge Outfit in Use 127 The Dip Net 131 The Dip Net in Use 135 Shell Tongs 139 Shell Fork 141 Eagle Claw Clam Rake 143 Vat and Table for Cooking Out and Sorting Shells 149 Exterior View of the Worthless Cripple 156 Exterior View of the Valuable Cripple 157 Interior View of the Worthless Cripple 158 Interior View of the Valuable Cripple, which Yields the Pearl 159 Plate I. Typical Pearl Shapes, Natural Size 168 and 169 The Countess of Stradbroke 175 Cross Section View of Pearl and Onion 177 The Marchioness of Lansdowne 180 Various Forms of Pearls 183 Plate II. Typical Pearl Shapes. Natural Size 184 and 185 Some Average Run Slugs 187 Japanese Culture Pearl Attached to Shell 195
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CHAPTER I. The Fresh-Water Pearl. PEARLS are lustrous gems produced by certainMollusks. They consist of thin concentric layersof carbonate of lime interstratified with animalmembrane, and are the result of an unusual secretion,primarily caused by the introduction of a parasite orsome other object within the mantle. The exact composition of a pearl is as follows: Carbonate of lime , 91.72% Organic matter 5-94% Water 2.34% These gems are divided into two classes, known asOriental and Fresh-W^ater Pearls. The Oriental, or Ocean Pearl, is produced by the Avi-cula Margaritifeva, or Pearl Oyster. Of this bivalvethere are many varieties all differing in size, color, weightand quality of the shell. The most important Oriental Pearl Fisheries are thefollowing: Ceylon, Australia, Gambier, South Sea Isl-ands, Arabian Sea, Bands, Costa Rica, A roe, Haiti, Ma-nilla, Venezuela, Panama and Lower California. The Fresh-Water Pearl is produced by a mussel knownas Unio Marc/aritifera. This name is appli

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  • booksubject:Pearls
  • booksubject:Pearl_industry_and_trade
  • booksubject:Pearl_fisheries
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