Pearls, Bronze, Button Shape, 4x4mm on 16-inch Strand
SKU: GMA-368
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- Bronze freshwater pearls, button shape, 4x4mm on 16-inch strand
- 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 reduce the irritation. This grows over time into a pearl. The color is influenced by minerals in the water among other natural influences. Some bronze and grey pearls may also have been treated with gamma rays. This darkens the nucleus of the pearl, intensifying and changing the way the surface reflects light.
- The Chinese cultured some pearls in the 12th or 13th century, but the Japanese developed it into an industry by 1900, inserting mother-of-pearl beads as the basis of their Cultured Pearls.