Fractal Oyster-3
by Doug Morgan
Title
Fractal Oyster-3
Artist
Doug Morgan
Medium
Digital Art - Fractal Print
Description
A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk. Just like the shell of a clam, a pearl is composed of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other shapes (baroque pearls) occur. The finest quality natural pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries.
The unique luster of pearls depends upon the reflection, refraction, and diffraction of light from the translucent layers. The thinner and more numerous the layers in the pearl, the finer the luster. The iridescence that pearls display is caused by the overlapping of successive layers, which breaks up light falling on the surface. In addition, pearls (especially cultured freshwater pearls) can be dyed yellow, green, blue, brown, pink, purple, or black. The very best pearls have a metallic mirror-like luster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl
This fractal abstract, third in a series of four shows the pearl inside the fractal oyster, a specialized mollusk that creates gem quality fractal pearls.
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December 28th, 2014
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