Irritated Mollusks
Friday, December 19th, 2008Do you know that pearls are formed because our friend shelled mollusks on the water are simply irritated by unfriendly intruders?
Saltwater or freshwater pearl is created when an unfamiliar object or an intruder or parasite accidentally enters a bivalve mollusk and settles inside, and being irritated by the intruder, the mollusk will secretes the calcium carbonate and conchiolin to cover the intruder. The procedure is done many times – thus a Pearl jewelry is produced.
Yes, that’s the real case. So the next time you will wear your pearl necklace or any Pearl jewelry , you can amuse yourself by thinking that the lovely pearl you are wearing today is just an irritant for our sensitive shelled mollusk. Thanks to the intruder.