Salmon-Colored Pearl, weighing 14 1/2 pearl grains, lying loose where it was formed in a shell, from Linn Junction, Iowa. The pearl is nearly hemispherical, or 'button-shaped,' somewhat one sided, but perfect above. It occupied a depression at the posterior end of the right valve, and had caused a marked outgrowth or protuberance of the other valve.
A-Interior view of the right valve, with the pearl in place
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| Category | Shellfish
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| Caption | Salmon-Colored Pearl, weighing 14 1/2 pearl grains, lying loose where it was formed in a shell, from Linn Junction, Iowa. The pearl is nearly hemispherical, or 'button-shaped, ' somewhat one sided, but perfect above. It occupied a depression at the posterior end of the right valve, and had caused a marked outgrowth or protuberance of the other valve.
A-Interior view of the right valve, with the pearl in place |
| Image Date | 1898.00 |
| Subject | Pearls
Pearl fisheries
Freshwater mussels
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| Image Source Author | Kunz, George F. |
| Image Source Title | Fresh-Water Pearls and Pearl Fisheries of the United States |
| Pub. Info. | Washington, DC : Government Printing Office, 1898 |
| Image Source Series | Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, vol. 17, 1897 |
| Page No./Plate No. | Plate IV-1 |
| Digital collection | Freshwater and Marine Image Bank |
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