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Author
Edwin William Streeter  (1834–1923)  wikidata:Q18910680 s:en:Author:Edwin William Streeter
 
Description British jeweller
Date of birth/death 1834 Edit this at Wikidata 1923 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q18910680
Description
English: The Great Southern Cross Pearl. The Southern Cross is a natural, baroque Pinctada maxima cluster, a formation of nine pearls in the shape of a rough cross measuring 37.2mm in length and 18.3mm in width. It was found off Baldwin Creek in Western Australia in 1883.
  • Subject: Pearls
  • Tag: Shellfish
Date 1886
date QS:P571,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
English: Freshwater and Marine Image Bank
Accession number
41273
Source/Photographer
English: Streeter, Edwin W. (1886) Pearls and Pearling Life, London: George Bell & Sons, York Street
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Public domain This is a photograph from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank at the University of Washington. Materials in the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank are in the public domain. No copyright permissions are needed. Acknowledgement of the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank as a source for borrowed images is requested.

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