Question

Collect information about how a natural pearl is formed. Which oceanic organism develops it? In which sea is it found in India?

Answer 1

it is formed by oysters.. when a dust or sand particle manages to get into oysteric shell with few droplets of water slowly due to release of saliva and other secretions inside oyster's shell it hardens and a pearl is formed..it is a slow process...In India they are found in south pacific and Indian ocean

Answer 2

Process of the formation of a pearl:

• A species of aquatic animals named 'Pearl Oysters' is existent in the seas, specifically on the seabeds.

• These animals live in carbonated shells.

• When a particle of sand enters into the shell in which an Oyster lives, the Oyster covers the sand particle with a special substance in order to stop the sand particle from pricking it.

• This substance gets a roughly circular shape and gradually gets hardened.

• This hardened material has a natural luster and shine which makes it valuable.

• Divers find such Oyster shells and extract pearls out of them.

• These pearl oysters are the oceanic organism which develop the pearls and are found in "Gulf of Kutch" (coast of Gujarat) and in the "Gulf of Mannar" (off the coast of Tamil Nadu)