How Do Oysters Make Pearls?
Quick Questions gives you the low-down on how oysters turn a tiny bit of gunk into a lovely, valuable pearl. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/artist/52/SciShow Or help support us by subscribing to our page on Subbable: https://subbable.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Thanks Tank Tumblr: http://thankstank.tumblr.com Sources: http://www.livescience.com/32289-how-do-oysters-make-pearls.html http://www.humantouchofchemistry.com/how-do-oysters-make-pearls.htm http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/as-the-pearl-turns-13-06-27/ http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-06/why-are-pearls-round http://www.geo.utexas.edu/courses/347k/redesign/gem_notes/pearl/pearl_main.htm http://nature.berkeley.edu/classes/eps2/wisc/Lect17.html http://ressearch.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/abalone-nacre-1.jpg
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so... Pearl is not a gem?
I'VE BEEN F***ING LIED TO!!! WTF!?! I sad. -
This made me remember Coyotito ;-;
If anyone wants to suffer read the novel The Pearl by J. Steinbeck -
Peridot, get some oyster, Lapis, form a mini ocean, we have to make some pearls
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how to make oyster seeds for pearl farming
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So, does harvesting pearls kill the oysters? It does, right?
That's something I've always wondered. -
i think im in love with him
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I've got a pearl for your oyster
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So instead of "Mother of Pearl" we should just call it "Bivalve Rash".
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Heehee, it got in his Gonad
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your eyes is making me uncomfortable
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Most perfectly round pearls you might wear go through quiet the process before it is ready for the consumer. Im a jeweler part time while working on my degree. Some necklaces they can go through 10 000 pearls alone to make 1 perfect necklace.
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i'm gonna be real with y'all i stumbled upon this and stayed because the guy was cute
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good presentation I like also his hair style is cool, can't stop watching the hair }
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If I see this add with the interracial chick and her Latino music 1 more time
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Sooooooo we make necklaces by shoving beads up an oysters ass? Got it.
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which came first the chicken or the egg ?
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Can you take a bloke with earrings seriously?
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Pearl now knows she Litterally came out of a shell that came alive's mouth XD
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Gee, how many pearls actually are there then? SSAALLTTYY
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I try to make a pearl
all i got was a salty pearl
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