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Imitation pearls are man-made faux pearls. They are not to be confused with cultured pearls, which are real pearls created through human intervention.
Materials used to create imitation pearls include glass, plastic, and mollusc shells. As an alternative, some plastic beads are coated with a pearlescent substance to imitate the natural iridescence of nacre or mother of pearl.
Imitationpearls are man-made faux pearls. They are not to be confused with cultured pearls, which are real pearls created through human intervention....
up the majority of those currently sold. Imitationpearls are also widely sold in inexpensive jewelry. Pearls have been harvested and cultivated primarily...
most widely marketed and meticulously manufactured imitation [pearl] today". Majorica imitationpearls are man-made on solid balls, likely made of glass...
Cultured freshwater pearlsImitationpearl The Pearl Book. CIBJO. 2020. p. 11. Nagai, Kiyohito (2013). "A History of the Cultured Pearl Industry". Zoological...
A diamond simulant, diamond imitation or imitation diamond is an object or material with gemological characteristics similar to those of a diamond. Simulants...
mother of pearl, is an organic–inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer. It is also the material of which pearls are composed...
colored versions are often used on items intended to have a retro appearance. Cultured pearlImitationpearl "Pearloid | Sweetwater". 28 November 2007....
Willie pearl - valued at #10,000 in 1967 - have inspired hundreds of fortune-seekers. Farn, Alexander E. (1986). Pearls, natural, cultured, and imitation. London:...
include thinly faux chrome-plated plastic components and imitation leather, gold, interior wood, pearl, or crystal jeweled elements. In The Design of Everyday...
des perles fausses" (On the white of ablette that's used in making imitationpearls), Comptes rendus, 53 : 246. Whitworth, Melissa (2008-10-16). "Geisha...
des perles fausses" (On the white of ablette that's used in making imitationpearls), Comptes rendus, 53 : 246. "Alburnus alburnus". Integrated Taxonomic...
laundry soap as if it were dinner at the Ritz. I posed with a strand of imitationpearls. I posed in dust-cap and house dress with a famous mop, for dental...
found a matchbox containing all of the pearls (except those bought by Spanier). Assuming them to be imitationpearls, he gave one to a homeless child to...
introduced in Tuscany both inadvertently and intentionally, for artificial/imitationpearl production. The species is also sold in some garden centers as biofiltration...
follows: 2 – imitationpearl 3 – brown or golden shell 4 – white or imitation ivory 5 – genuine stag 6 – bone stag 7 – ivory or agate 8 – genuine pearl Platts...
"Yellow Ledbetter" is a song by the American band Pearl Jam. Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music co-written by bassist Jeff Ament...
plaster, a type of polished plaster including marble dust Venetian pearl, an imitationpearl made of solid glass Venetian-style shoe, or Venetian loafer, a...
28, 1962) is an American musician who is the drummer for the rock band Pearl Jam. He first gained fame as the drummer for Seattle-based rock band Soundgarden...
allowed for an influx of inexpensive imitation necklaces. 1870–1910: The Edwardian era saw a resurgence of pearl necklaces, in addition to a dog-collar...
with tin, utilizing borax to melt gold and the process of creating imitationpearls. Voltaire mentions the Petit Albert in his Dictionnaire philosophique...
Mikimoto had to constantly fight allegations that his pearls were only "imitations" of real pearls, despite scientific reports to the contrary. Mikimoto...
coinage in Gaul were initially imitations of Western Roman coinage, which ended in around 481. After 509, imitations of Byzantine coinage follow, starting...