Pearls, White, Sticks, Graduated Center-Drilled 12-19mm Long, on 16-inch Strands
SKU: GMA-276
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$95.00
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Description
- White stick pearls, center drilled on graduate 16-inch Strand
- The pearls range in size from 12 to 29mm long
- Really nice thick coat of nacre makes these pearls glow white
- 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. 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.