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and filled with wax. Variations of these wax-filled simulants, which are produced in slightly different manners, include Parisian pearls, Paris pearls, French pearls, Bourguignon pearls, and Venetian pearls.
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is a glass bead dipped or sprayed with pearlescent material, or hollow glass bead filled with pearlescent material. One variation is the
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Cut, buffed, and sometimes dyed nacreous portions of mollusk shells: Variations and alternate names include cat's-eye pearl,
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The pearlescent substance used to coat various cores may contain
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Items made from Majorica pearls, a version of imitation pearl
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Materials used to create imitation pearls include glass,
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is an alabaster core coated with a pearlescent material.
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into the desired shape. See also shell pearl (1) below.
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Spherical shell core coated with pearlescent material
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has plastic core coated with a pearlescent material.
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