Pearls, Bronze, Rounded Shape 3mm on 16-inch Strands
SKU: GMA-152
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Description
- Dark bronze pearls, rounded shape, 3mm on 16-inch strands
- Despite their small size these pearls have a nice golden/coppery glowing luster depending on the light.
- Bronze and silver pearls can be used in place of metals in your jewelry designs to give a subtle metallic sheet with less weight and sometimes less cost.
- Most gems are stones, but a few like Pearl, Amber, Jet, and Coral, are classified as Organic gems, meaning they came from living things.
- 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.
- The Chinese cultured 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.
- Pearls have been greatly valued in ancient China, India, and Greece. In Rome, only people of high rank were allowed to wear them. They remain among the most popular gems worldwide.