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IN the endosperm cavity of the seed of Cocos * nucifem a local calcareous formation is sometimes found to occur, to which the name of “cocos-pearl” has been given, and which must be looked upon as a highly remarkable and very rare occurrence.2 Such a cocos-pearl has usually the form of a pear, or egg; sometimes it is almost spherical and has a smooth surface, as a rule of a milky-white colour. Its chemical composition corresponds somewhat to that of the oyster-pearl, from which it differs in appearance, however, by the lack of the pearly sheen.
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Reprinted, by kind permission of the author, from the Proceeding of the Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam, vol. xxvi. Nos. 5 and 6.
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HUNGER, F. Nature and Origin of Coco-Nut Pearls. Nature 115, 138–139 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115138a0
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