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  2. List of pearls by size - Wikipedia

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    The Pearl of Lao Tzu for a long time thought to be the largest pearl, but claims about its size and much of its history were found to be fabricated by a conman by the name of Victor Barbish. [2] Other pearls like the Centaur Pearl, most likely the largest gem pearl at 856.58 carats (171.316 g), have just recently emerged from private collections.

  3. Traditional point-size names - Wikipedia

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    (10) Pearl (5 pt, ≈1.764 mm) and (11) Diamond (4.5 pt, 1.5875 mm). Fonts originally consisted of a set of moveable type letterpunches purchased from a type foundry .

  4. Pearl - Wikipedia

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    The original Japanese cultured pearls, known as akoya pearls, are produced by a species of small pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii, which is no bigger than 6 to 8 cm (2.4 to 3.1 in) in size, hence akoya pearls larger than 10 mm in diameter are extremely rare and highly priced. Today, a hybrid mollusk is used in both Japan and China in the ...

  5. Cultured pearl - Wikipedia

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    X-ray of a cultured pearl set in jewelry. The development of cultured pearls took much of the chance, risk, and guesswork out of the pearl industry, allowing it to become stable and predictable, and fostering its rapid growth over the past 100 years. Today, more than 99% of all pearls sold worldwide are cultured pearls.

  6. Tahitian pearl - Wikipedia

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    This means that a Tahitian pearl can more easily grow to a larger-than-average size. [3] The cultured Tahitian pearl comes in various shapes, sizes, and colors; shapes include round, semi-round, button, circle, oval, teardrop, semi-baroque and baroque. [4] Because of their darker hues, Tahitian pearls are commonly known as "black pearls". [5]

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