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- PEARL
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A pearl is an extremely hard, rounded secretion
formed inside the shell of sure bivalve mollusks.
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- Pyrite
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Pyrite is the majority common form of the
sulfide minerals. It is usually establish associated with
other sulfides and oxides in quartz veins, sedimentary astound
and metamorphic rock, as well as in coal beds, and also as
the substitute mineral in fossils.
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- Pennyweight
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A measure used to weigh valuable metals
of gold, platinum and silver, a pennyweight (abbreviated dwt.)
is equivalent to 24 grains and there are 20 pennyweights in
a Troy ounce.
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- Pendant
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A piece of jewels that
might be worn as either a pin or brooch or as a pendant.
Sometimes this is talented by slipping a small tube with an
attached bail over the pin stalk when the piece is to be worn
as a pendant.
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