Pearls, Champagne Large Almost Round 8mm Diameter on 16-inch Strand
SKU: GMA-372
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$22.00
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Description
- Large, lustrous slightly beige/gold champagne pearls
- 8mm diameter on 16-inch strand
- Only one available
- Pearls are formed inside bivalves (similar to oysters), which coat any foreign substance that gets inside their shell with a smooth layer of pearly nacre to eliminate the irritation and this coating of grows over time increasing the pearl's luster. The color is influenced by minerals in the water.
- The Chinese cultured some pearls in the 12th or 13th century, but the Japanese developed it into an industry in the 1890s, inserting mother-of-pearl beads as the basis of their cultured Pearls.