Photos by W, Saville-Kent^ F.Z.S,'^ 
SOUTHERN CROSS PEARL, 
VALUED AT /io,ooo 
Consists of nine laterally united pearls corresponding 
in shape and size 
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PEARL-SHELL WITH GROUP OF 
GOLDEN PEARLS 
M.any thousand shells may be opened 'without finding a single peat I 
photos by Saville-Kent^ b.Z.S, 
QUEENSLAND PEARLS ON BLACK- 
LIPPED PEARL-SHELL 
The black-lipped 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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