Pearls, Pink, Button Shape, 2x4mm on 16-inch Strand
SKU: GMA-344
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Description
- Small pink "button" shape pearls with nice luster. 2x4mm on 16-inch strands
- Button pearls are slightly domed on one side and flat on the other which generally makes them less expensive than round pearls.
- However, when regular in shape, as these are, they are very attractive. You can play with stringing them different ways: flat ends facing each other or rounded sides facing each other or all facing one way...
- 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 grows over time increasing the pearl's luster and size. 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.