Pearls, Silver, Round 4mm Diameter on 16-inch Strand
SKU: GMA-390
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Description
- Small, almost round silver pearls, 4mm diameter on 16-inch strand
- With their soft silvery glow, these pearls can be an interesting substitute for small silver beads in jewelry design...
- 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.