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Structural characteristics of non-nucleus Abalone half pearl cultured by a new technique

  • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
  • Abbr : J. Korean Cryst. Growth Cryst. Technol.
  • 2008, 18(2), pp.57-61
  • Publisher : The Korea Association Of Crystal Growth, Inc.
  • Research Area : Engineering > Materials Science and Engineering

김혜연 1 Kwang Bo Shim 2 Jong-Wan Park 2 이대일 3

1코리아진주감정원
2한양대학교
3㈜대일수산

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ABSTRACT

Non-nucleus Abalone half pearls were cultured by a new technique and their structural characteristics were analyzed using an electron microscopy. This technique was found to grow the pearls depending on the shape of the internal organ of an abalone because this technique induces the pearl layers without adding any nucleus on the specified damage region of a shell. The obtained pearls exhibit natural shapes with a specific luster. The SEM analysis shows that the pearl layers are about 0.34 μm with an uniform thickness and the surface of the shell is characterized by the pyramidshaped bulge with a regular arrangement, which is a typical feature of single-shell. These characteristics of the pearls are thought to develop in the highly-valued Korean gems.

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