Pearlescent

Pearlescent (or Cyan) weapons/items are a confirmed rarity type that are encountered in the third DLC, The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, They can be found in weapon boxes, and can be dropped by Crawmerax the Invincible and sometimes by Lancers. Also can be dropped by bosses during This bitch is Payback.

Items with Pearlescent rarity

 * Serpens* (Machine Gun)
 * Bessie* (Sniper Rifle)


 * Stalker* (Machine Pistol)
 * Nemesis* (Repeater Pistol)
 * Undertaker* (Rocket Launcher)
 * Aries* (Revolver)
 * Avenger* (Assault Rifle)


 * Tsunami* (SMG)
 * Jackal* (Shotgun)
 * Rose* (Shield)
 * Omega* (Shield)
 * Ironclad* (Shield)
 * Ironclad* (Shield)


 * Note, the pictures contained in the messages are not the only damage/acc/RoF attainable. There are multiple versions of each weapon that can be attained, as well as higher capacity shields.

Trivia

 * Pearlescent is the rarest quality for the moment, and also the only rarity over Purple to contain a shield.
 * The rarity of Pearlescent weapons are 1 on 66 "Orange" weapons

Pre Knoxx

 * Pearlescent was an old bug in Borderlands before the advent of the Secret Armory of General Knoxx where "white" weapons would appear over "orange" weapons in the menu. It was fixed in the third DLC.


 * Each manufacturer has its own pearlescent weapon/shield.


 * For all information for this old bug, visit Pearlescent (Before General Knoxx)