Pearls, White, Egg Shape Mini, 3x4, on 16-inch Strands
SKU: JSD-226
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- Mini white egg shape pearls 3x4mm on 16-inch strands
- Egg shape isn't a proper pearl shape word, but I think it fits for oval beads that are larger at one end than the other. These are center drilled though the mid-point of the longer dimension. They've to a nice silky, lustrous coating of nacre.
- 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