fnoln h V- Savllli-Kmt, F.Z.S.] 



SOUTHERN CROSS PEARL, 



VALUED AT ,10,000 



Cellists of nine laterally united pearh corresponding 

 in shape and st-ze 



fntltt tj W. Savilli-Knt, t.Z.S. 



QUEENSLAND PEARLS ON BLACK- 

 LIPPED PEARL-SHELL 



PEARL-SHELL WITH GROUP OF 

 GOLDEN PEARLS 



Many thousand shells may he opened without finding a sirgle peat I 



PEARL PRODUCED BY OPERATION 

 ON THE ANIMAL 



The black-lipped shell produces pearls of great -value Tke pearl produced is a solid hemispherical or " button " ' pearl 



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