象形珠是一种工艺品。一般的象形珠是采用塑料、石料、金属材料或贝壳,经人工雕刻琢磨而成为各种形象的象模,然后植入贝体内的一侧培育而成的。新型象形珠与一般的象形珠不同的是象模是用植物材料做成的。为了植培新型象形珠,1982年3月,在安徽省科委的主持下,成立了“安徽省河蚌育珠 Pictogram beads is a handicraft. The general pictographic beads are made of plastic, stone, metal or shell, which are carved into images of various shapes and are then implanted on one side of the shell. The new pictographic beads and the general pictographic beads is different from the mold is made of plant material. In order to cultivate a new pictographic beads, in March 1982, under the auspices of the Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Commission, set up the "Anhui Province mussel beads