Pearls, Peacock, Irregular Button Shape 6x8mm on 14 1/2-inch Strand

Pearls, Peacock, Irregular Button Shape 6x8mm on 14 1/2-inch Strand

SKU: JSD-184
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Description

  • Small peacock color irregular button shape pearls, drilled through the side 6x8mm on 14 1/2-inch strand.
  • The iridescent color is a soft light grey with purple highlights
  • The name peacock references the shimmering iridescent hues of a peacock's tail. 
  • In pearls it can range from a light blue tinged silver to darker greys with coppery highlights. 
  • 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 of grows over time increasing the pearl's size and luster. The color is influenced by minerals in the water, although some very dark peals may have been treated with gamma rays to darken the nucleus.
  • 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.