• Necklace
• Barcelet
• Earrings
• Rings
• Pendant

Pearl Education

• Pearl Basics
• Freshwater and saltwater pearls
• Largest pearl
• Medicinal properties of pearls
• Different usese of pearls
• Pearl jewelry
• Pearl history

Pearl culture

• Literature of pearls
• Music for pearl
• Film and television for pearl
• Fashion, women and pearl

• Physical properties

      

  
• Freshwater and saltwater pearls

      

  Pearls fit into two categories: freshwater and saltwater. As their name implies, freshwater pearls are formed in freshwater mussels that live in lakes, rivers, ponds and other bodies of fresh water. Most freshwater cultured pearls sold today come from China. By contrast, saltwater pearls grow in oys

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• Creation of a pearl

      

  The difference between natural and cultured pearls focuses on whether the pearl was created by nature, without human intervention, or with human aid. Pearls are formed inside the shell of certain bivalve mollusks. As a response to an irritant inside its shell, the mollusk will deposit layers of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) i

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• Natural pearls

      

  
  Cross section illustration showing natural and cultured pearls.
  Natural pearls are nearly 100% nacre. It is thought that natural pearls form under a set of accidental conditions when a microscopic intruder or pa

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• Cultured pearls

      theoyster, it secretes a few layers of nacre around the outside surface of the implant before it is removed after six months or more. When a nucleated cultured pearl is X-rayed it will reveal a different structure to that of a natural pearl. It exhibits a solid center with no concentric growth rings,compared to a solid center wit

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