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Buy The Pearl Oyster on desertcart.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders Review: If you love pearls, marine biology - I have a copy of this book, completely indispensable. As a gemologist and malacologist, this book provides critical scientific data concerning all facets of the "pearl oyster" and the cultured pearl industry. Primarily, the book focuses on the family Pterridae, and the marine oysters that produce such spectacular natural gems...ie the south sea pearl oyster, the black lipped pearl oyster, and the akoya pearl oyster. The book delves into the natural history of the pearl oyster and how the world needs to focus on them, by preserving them as a resource, that can become compromised due to neglect and wanton abuse by consumers and ecological rapists. If you love pearls, marine biology, or have a yen to learn more about these mystical gems from the deep blue sea, get it and start the party, it continues to educate me, as well as gives me a barrels worth of biological information, Enjoy! Review: straordinario lavoro di ricerca. Tutto quanto l'uomo sa sulle perle, scritto in modo chiaro, preciso, puntuale. Un capolavoro! i miei complimenti agli autori.
| Best Sellers Rank | #6,195,697 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #445 in Invertebrates Zoology #558 in Fisheries & Aquaculture (Books) #1,117 in Marine Biology (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (8) |
| Dimensions | 7.7 x 1.2 x 9.3 inches |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN-10 | 0444529764 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0444529763 |
| Item Weight | 2.9 pounds |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 544 pages |
| Publication date | October 28, 2008 |
| Publisher | Elsevier Science |
V**N
If you love pearls, marine biology
I have a copy of this book, completely indispensable. As a gemologist and malacologist, this book provides critical scientific data concerning all facets of the "pearl oyster" and the cultured pearl industry. Primarily, the book focuses on the family Pterridae, and the marine oysters that produce such spectacular natural gems...ie the south sea pearl oyster, the black lipped pearl oyster, and the akoya pearl oyster. The book delves into the natural history of the pearl oyster and how the world needs to focus on them, by preserving them as a resource, that can become compromised due to neglect and wanton abuse by consumers and ecological rapists. If you love pearls, marine biology, or have a yen to learn more about these mystical gems from the deep blue sea, get it and start the party, it continues to educate me, as well as gives me a barrels worth of biological information, Enjoy!
G**A
straordinario lavoro di ricerca. Tutto quanto l'uomo sa sulle perle, scritto in modo chiaro, preciso, puntuale. Un capolavoro! i miei complimenti agli autori.
E**I
O livro é a mais importante referência para conhecer as ostras perlíferas do mundo, com muita informação e com capítulos muito bem escritos.
C**T
Intensely scientific & very detailed. A brilliant book for pearl enthusiasts who want to go in-depth.
G**I
Splendido testo, niente da dire, ma con il prezzo che ha le immagini piccole, in bianco e nero e di scarsa qualità non sono accettabili. Peccato
T**S
A hard technical read but great information for those interested
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