Article Nº 2849 Product or foodstuff Vol. III · p. 123

Pearls

Original title: Pérolas

Notes that small pearls have been found in Madeiran molluscs, including a grey pea-sized pearl found in 1909.

Small pearls have been found in Madeira in Haliotis tuberculata. In 1909 a grey pearl the size of a pea was found in the fan mussel (Pina rudis).

Places mentioned

Chronology

Related