Cultivated Pearl
Another term used to indicate "cultured pearl."
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Cultivated Pearl: A pearl grown in a mollusk that has been surgically implanted with an irritant, through human intervention.
Freshwater Cultured Pearl: A cultured pearl cultivated in a freshwater mollusk from a lake, river or pond.
Cultivated pearl
Cultivation is a sophisticated process to grow pearls. Skilled technicians insert irritants (mother-of-pearl seeds or other materials) in the molluscs and the nacre starts to accumulate around it.
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With "natural" and cultivated pearls, higher-quality 'lustrous pearls' make up only a small fraction of the pearls available on the market, and they will command very high prices.
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Unlike natural pearls, cultivated pearls do not begin as accidental intruders. First cultivated by the Chinese as early as the 12th Century, the process starts with nucleation.
Not every oyster produces a perfectly spherical cultivated pearl. Just the opposite: most pearls fail to develop into flawless spheres. When they grow in various directions and unusual shapes, they're called "baroque" or "off-shape" pearls.
(a) It is unfair or deceptive to use the term "cultured pearl," "cultivated pearl," or any other word, term, or phrase of like meaning to describe, identify, or refer to any imitation pearl.
 See also: Shape, Pearl, Nacre, Natural, Surface
  
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