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MABE PEARL [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jewellery
  • Gemmology
DEF

A complicated form of cultured pearl, actually a cultured blister pearl.

OBS

Composite cultured pearls are products resulting from man's assemblage of an upper portion of cultured pearl and one or more lower portions of the same or another substance (e.g. mabé composite cultured pearl).

Key term(s)
  • mabé
  • mabe
  • composite cultured pearl

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie
  • Gemmologie
DEF

Perle obtenue sur la surface interne de la coquille de l'huître sous le manteau d'un noyau semi-hémisphérique destiné à être recouvert de matière perlière.

OBS

L'extraction et la finition du mabé une fois formé nécessitent un travail très délicat.

Spanish

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