Lion's Paw pearls range in colors from white to deep royal purple with varying shades of oranges, pinks and plums. They are non-nacreous pearls with a mosaic pattern with a flash effect similar to the flame-like pattern on a conch (strombus gigas) and melo melo (melo amphora) pearl. However, unlike the conch and melo melo, which are univalves, the scallop is a bivalve filter feeder much like an oyster. The mosaic pattern that covers the entire surface of the pearls has a sheen-like or metallic three-dimensional effect when viewed in light