THE NATURE OF PEARLS

The Pearl

COLOR OF PEARLS IN MYTHOLOGY

The colors of the pearls have also been associated with certain qualities

THE PEARLS AS A GIFT OF WEDDING

Good or bad
Finally, thanks to the bond of pearls with notions of purity and sweetness, since ancient times, they were an excellent wedding gift. According to the ancient tradition ind

DEFINITION OF CULTIVATED PEARL

A pearl of culture

INFORMATION ON CULTIVATED PEARLS

A pearl is formed when a small irritant or parasite enters and enters the shell fabric of a mollusc. In response, a substance called mother of pearl

NATURAL PEARLS COMPARED WITH CULTURED PEARLS

Natural pearls are pearls that owe their training to chance. Cultured pearls have received help from humans to trigger their formation. Today, almost all pearls are cultivated. With the insertion of a foreign body in a mollusc, perliferous breeders can induce the creation of a pearl. From the

THE BIRTH OF CULTURED PEARLS

Modern cultured pearls are the result of discoveries made between the late 19th century

PRODUCTION OF ROUND BEADS

While in the initial phase of his career Mikimoto yes

BIRTH OF THE CULTIVATED PEARL INDUSTRY

This revolutionized the pearl industry because

THE CURRENT CULTIVATED PEARL INDUSTRY

The development of the pearl culture industry is due to chance, risk, and conjecture. These elements have allowed it to become stable and predictable, encouraging rapid growth over the last 100 years. Today, the cultivated pearls industry has substantially replaced the natural pearl industry with the production of freshwater pearls, South Sea pearls, Tahiti pearls, and the famous Akoya pearls from Mikimoto.
The introduction

How to recognize true pearls

Method 1

Recognize a pearl with teeth

One of the most pi

Method 2

Make friction between pearls

As I have already

Method 3

The imperfections of pearls

To recognize a real pearl you must always remember that pearls are natural elements and as such they can not be perfect.
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Method 4

The

Pearls are usually pierced to make jewels and true pearls are not completely flat where the hole is made.
A real pearl has an outer layer of well-defined mother-of-pearl, while the false ones do not exist there

Method 5

Colors and weight of pearls

The real pearls can have different colors and in any case the shades

Things not to do with pearls

These are operations that require technical knowledge (which not even some operators in the sector sometimes have!), Such as l
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