Pearls, Champagne Small Rounded 5mm Diameter on 16-inch Strands
SKU: JSD-179
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Description
- Small almost round champagne pearls, more beige than most.
- 5mm diameter on 16-inch strands
- 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 and this coating of grows over time increasing the pearl's luster. 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.