2,000-Year-Old Natural Pearl Found in Australia

Courtesy University of Wollongong

The pearl

Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000-year-old natural pearl from an aboriginal site on the north Kimberley coast of Western Australia.

The pink-and-gold pearl is 5 mm in diameter and is nearly spherical. Radiocarbon dating of surrounding materials determined the age, and a micro CAT scan determined that it was natural.

Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000-year-old natural pearl from an Aboriginal site on the north Kimberley cost of Western Australia.

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