Jewellery

How Natural Pearls Are Formed?

We all know that most of the royal families in olden days wore pearl jewelry. As the availability of pearls was very less in the olden days only royal families used pearl jewelry. The best example for this is Queen Elizabeth and Princess Diana. Queen Elizabeth wore a 3-strand pearl necklace always wherever she went. Pearls are always in trend since several decades. In fact, this trend will never fade. Buy a lovely pearl necklace today to look incredible. The best part of pearl jewelry is that it looks good both on men and women unlike the other gemstone gold jewelry.

Types of Pearls

The two common types of pearls are natural and cultured pearls. The cultured pearls are generally created by the oyster farmers using some culture techniques. These cultured pearls are also formed in the same way how the natural pearls are formed. However, they are formed with human intervention unlike natural pearls. These cultured pearls are of different types and they are South sea pearls, Freshwater pearls, Tahitian pearls and Akoya pearls. The natural pearls cost costlier than the cultured pearls.

 The South sea pearls are the costliest pearls among the other types of cultured pearls. Pearls are generally available in different shapes like drop, square, round, baroque, semi baroque and etc. Most of them generally prefer round shaped pearl jewelry to look elegant. If you are planning to buy some a pearl necklace or a bracelet or any other jewelry piece then make sure that you check the gem lab report. This gem lab report will help you understand whether the pearls they are offering are of high quality or not.

How a natural pearl is formed?

A natural pearl is formed when a foreign substance enters into the oyster and settles between the shell and mantle. The oyster tries to cover the irritant with layers of substance called ‘nacre’ to protect itself. This eventually led to the formation of a pearl. By this time you would have understood that a pearl is the foreign substance covered with a substance called nacre.

Buy your favorite pearl necklace set today to look modern and elegant!

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