fhoii! i> u: S^vtllt-Kfii, F. Z.S.I 



SOUTHERN CROSS PEARL, 

 VALUED AT /lo.ooo 



Ccnstics of nine laterallf united ptarh corresponding 

 in shape and sixe 



PEARL-SHELL WITH GROUP OF 

 GOLDEN PEARLS 



Many thousand shells may be opened ivi'kout finding a single pearl 



rhtti: h If. Satiiit.Ktnl, F.Z.S. 



QUEENSLAND PEARLS ON BLACK- 

 LIPPED PEARL-SHELL 



T^e hlack-iipped shell produces pearls of great 'value 



PEARL PRODUCED BY OPERATION 

 ON THE ANIMAL 



The pearl produced is a solid hemispherical or " button " pearl 



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