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| a pearl with one or more grooved or ridged rings all the way around it |
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| a mixture of clear varnish and fish scales used in making imitation pearls |
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| cultured pearl with a hole drilled all the way through, sometimes called drilled-through |
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| cultured pearl with a hole drilled halfway through to permit mounting on a post |
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| a procedure that includes cleaning, buffing, and sometimes bleaching, done to make cultured pearls presentable and appealing |
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| blemishes or irregularities confined to a pearl's surface |
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| cultured pearl with an unsightly protion cut or ground off |
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| features used to judge the quality and value of pearls |
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