Pearls, White, Oblate Micro Pearls 1mm on 16-inch Strands
SKU: GMA-169
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$15.00
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Description
- White micro pearls, 1mm to 1.5mm on 16-inch strands
- These are comparable in size to size 15 seed beads!
- Vintage (maybe antique) from the fashion industry, collectible
- The work involved in seeding, harvesting, drilling and stringing these is almost unimaginable.
- These have not been on the market for a long time and are considered collectible by jewelry and fashion restorers as well as those collecting nature's gems.
- 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.