Pearls, White, Button Shape 10mmx10mm on 16-inch Strands
SKU: GMA-67
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Description
- Large, white, "button" pearls 10x10mm on 16-inch strands
- "Button" is the name for a pearl shape that is rounded or domes on one side and flat on the other. These are attractive with good nacre for their size., drilled through the side.
- 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.
- From the collection of Joyce Diamanti, bead researcher, writer and educator