Pearls, Peacock, Oval/Pear 6x7mm on 16-inch Strand
SKU: GMA-227
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$24.00
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Description
- Oval/pear shape peacock pearls 6x7mm, side drilled so they can almost pass for round, on 16-inch strand
- Very uniform shape and size with iridescent luster
- Only one available
- 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.