Vijiyata Singh Rathor
ABSTRACT
Natural pearl formation is instigated when a foreign particle such as a piece of sand, shell piece or parasite make its way into particular region of mollusc and cannot be expelled. The animal secrets a calcium carbonate material known as nacre to coat the foreign body, resulting in a shimmering and iridescent creation of a pearl. Cultured pearls are formed essentially by the same process. In the present investigation artificial pearl cultured in Lamellidens corrianus. After nine months the result were rounded pearls ( 3 mm to 4 mm ) and designed pearls like lord Gnesh, Om, Tajmahal, 786 and Saraswati etc. ( 10 cm to 15 cm ). This investigation first time attempt in Bhopal (M.P.). This study indicated to the artificial production of designed pearls will be great acheivement for economic point of view
Keywords: Freshwater mussel, designed pearls, Lamellidens corrianus.