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The Pocket Rocket is a small racing keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass.It has a fractional sloop rig, a transom-mounted rudder and a fixed fin keel.It displaces 2,400 lb (1,089 kg) and carries 1,100 lb (499 kg) of ballast.
Pearl Coast Zoological Gardens, also known as Pearl Coast Zoo, [5] or simply Broome Zoo, [5] was a 64-acre (26 ha) zoo founded by Lord Alistair McAlpine in the Cable Beach suburb of Broome, Western Australia. First opened in 1984, by 1988 the zoo had more than doubled in size. [6]
The color pearl is a pale tint of off-white. It is a representation of the average color of a pearl. [dubious – discuss] The first recorded use of pearl as a color name in English was in 1604. [1] The color is used in interior design when an off-white tint is desired.
The pheasant claw and pearl necklace as well as the claw and pearl earrings from Look 60 were listed, but there is no final sale price noted for these items. [100] [101] The claw and pearl earrings from Look 32 sold for $13,750. [102] A claw and pearl epaulette from Look 47 sold for $22,500. [103]
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]
The Pearl Manuscript (British Library MS Cotton Nero A X/2), also known as the Gawain manuscript, [1] is an illuminated manuscript produced somewhere in northern England in the late 14th century or the beginning of the 15th century.
Payne's grey is a dark blue-grey colour used in painting. Originally a mixture of iron blue ( Prussian blue ), yellow ochre and crimson lake , [ 3 ] Payne's grey now is often a mixture of blue ( ultramarine , phthalocyanine , or indigo ) and black, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] or of ultramarine and burnt sienna .