Pearls, White Almost Round 3mm Diameter on 16-inch Strands
SKU: GMA-278
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Description
- Almost round small white pearls 3mm diameter on 16-inch strands
- These are a little creamy colored as opposed to stark white and have a lovely coating of nacre giving them a smooth shimmering surface
- 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.