Cultured pearls produced from queen conch
Monday, November 9, 2009 - 14:42
in Biology & Nature
BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have, for the first time, produced beaded and non-beaded cultured pearls from the queen conch (Strombus gigas).
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