baroque pearl
1baroque pearl — pearl that is irregularly or oddly shaped. Pearl formation does not always occur in soft tissue areas, where the expanding pearl sac grows regularly because it encounters no appreciable resistance. Pearl cysts are sometimes lodged in… …
2Baroque pearl — or ovoid.Akoya pearls (commonly known as cultured saltwater pearls) can also be baroque, but the baroque shape of an akoya pearl differs from that of a freshwater pearl. This is because akoya pearls are bead nucleated; they have a perfectly… …
3Baroque (disambiguation) — Baroque may refer to:*the Baroque period of the 17th century. ** Baroque architecture ** Baroque music ** Baroque painting ** Baroque sculpture * Baroque pearl, a pearl of an irregular shapeIn popular culture:* Baroque chess, a chess variant *… …
4pearl — pearl1 pearler, n. pearlish, adj. pearllike, adj. /perrl/, n. 1. a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective… …
5Pearl — /perrl/, n. 1. a town in central Mississippi. 20,778. 2. a female given name. * * * I Concretion formed by a mollusk and consisting of the same material (called nacre, or mother of pearl) as the mollusk s shell. Long treasured as gemstones,… …
6Baroque period — (17th–18th century) Era in the arts that originated in Italy in the 17th century and flourished elsewhere well into the 18th century. It embraced painting, sculpture, architecture, decorative arts, and music. The word, derived from a Portuguese… …
7baroque — I. adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: French, from Middle French barroque irregularly shaped (of a pearl), from Portuguese barroco irregularly shaped pearl Date: 1765 1. of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of… …
8baroque — (bah ROHK) [French, from Portuguese: a rough pearl] Characteristic of a 17th century European style of art and architecture, notable for its extravagant ornamentation and theatrical effects. Of or resembling music of the period after the… …
9Baroque — art redirects here. Please disambiguate such links to Baroque painting, Baroque sculpture, etc. In the arts, the Baroque (pronounced /bə rɒk/) was a Western cultural epoch, commencing roughly at the beginning of the 17th century in Rome, Italy.… …
10Pearl hunting — or pearl diving refers to a now largely obsolete method of retrieving pearls from pearl oysters, freshwater pearl mussels and, on rare occasions, other nacre producing creatures, such as abalone.HistoryBefore the beginning of the 20th century,… …
