We have found both Conch pearls and Abalone pearls. Doesn't not necessarily
remain with only bi-valves.
"Cramer, John" wrote:
> The idea of getting S. gigas to produce pearls seems improbable to me.
> Pearls are produced because the oyster cannot (easily?) expel the irritating
> nucleus whatever it is. That should be a general weakness of bivalves but
> not gastropods which move so much more readily with respect to their shells.
> Wouldn't the conch simply expel the irritant?
--
Jim and Bobbi Cordy
of Merritt Island, Florida.
Jim Specializes in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells
Bobbi in Shell Creations