塔希提养殖珍珠 来自玛格丽菲特拉贝类珍珠牡蛎;这种双壳贝类是这种珍宝——塔希提养殖珍珠的起源,会在进行受精的水中释放出大量的配子,从而产生幼虫。
当这些幼虫悬浮在波利尼西亚泻湖的水中时,它们会被收集。实际上,出生三周后,只有极少数的这些幼虫能够用一条被称为胡须的足状附器固定在支架上(这种附器在用于消费的双壳贝类中被称为胡须)。珍珠养殖者由此收集自己的幼苗;从受精到此时已经过了18个月。珍珠牡蛎随后被培养约12个月,直至直径达到10厘米。
因此,仅在经过三年的时间,促成珍珠形成的移植才得以进行;移植工将一个文石核(压缩的碳酸钙,珍珠母的主要成分)和一个移植物(来自供体牡蛎的外套膜上皮组织片)插入受体牡蛎的腺体(珍珠囊);接下来便开始一个分泌珍珠母包围文石核的过程,这一过程平均持续18个月。如果受体牡蛎接受了移植,珍珠便可进行采收。
只有少量的这些珍珠能让移植者满意,从而进行再次移植,重新开始一个长达18到24个月的形成过程,起始核的大小相当于之前提取的珍珠。从珍珠贝幼虫的诞生到大溪地养殖珍珠的诞生,至少需要四年的细心呵护与关注。在此期间,人类引导自然,使它能孕育出世界上最珍贵的宝石之一,即大溪地养殖珍珠,又被称为神的泪滴。
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