Pearls, White, Baroque 5x5mm on 16-inch Strands
SKU: JSD-225
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$9.50
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Description
- White pearls about 5mm in diameter with irregular rounded shape and surface
- Not everyone wants perfectly round pearls, if you like some extra suface texture these might be just the thing for your design
- 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. This coating grows over time increasing the pearl's luster and size. 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.
- From the Collection of Joyce Diamanti, bead researcher, writer and educator