Pearl culture
Pearl culture Pearl fisheries- pearl is a white highly shining globular concretion found within the shell of oyster.The natural pearls are rare due to the mode of formation. Scientist have succeeded in producing pearls of the same substance. This is known as the pearl fisheries. History of pearl industry- The idea of pearl culture was evoked in Japan and was carried out at South coast of Hansoo in the Bay of Japan. Kokichi Mikimoto is said to be the father of pearl industry in Japan. Pearl producing Molluscs- High quality of pearls are obtained from Pinctada. A number of species of genus Pinctada like P. valgaris, P. chemnitzi, P. atropurpurea are pearl producing molluscs. All these species are marine. Pearl producing places in India- Natural habitat of pearl oysters are ridges of rocks or dead corals at a depth of 18-22 metres at a distance of 19 kilometres from the shore. The pearl oysters are obtained from the gulf of kutch , pak bay and Baroda. Pearl