Pearls, Green Iris Buttons 4x5mm on 16-inch Strand
SKU: GMA-349
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$24.00
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Description
- Green Iris pearls, button shape 4x5mm on 16-inch strand
- Thse look more like slightly flattened rounds (oblates) rather than the usual buttons that look more like half rounds. Very consistent shape and color
- 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.