What are Pearls?
What are Pearls?
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Built from hexagonal aragonite crystals of calcium carbonate. Pearls
are formed in Clams, Oysters and Mussels, and are found in many parts of
the world. They are usually white, sometimes with a creamy or pinkish
tinge, but may be tinted with yellow, green, blue, brown, or black.
Black pearls are often highly valued because of their rarity.
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Pearls are either natural or cultured. Natural Pearls are harvested
from the ‘wild’, while Cultured Pearls are cultivated in ‘Pearl farms’.
Pearls are harvested from the sea bed (Saltwater Pearls) and Inland
water bodies (Freshwater Pearls) - this was the primary source of all
pearls till the fag end of the 1800's.
STEP-FORMATION OF NATURAL PEARLS
What are Pearls?
What are Pearls?
-
Built from hexagonal aragonite crystals of calcium carbonate. Pearls
are formed in Clams, Oysters and Mussels, and are found in many parts of
the world. They are usually white, sometimes with a creamy or pinkish
tinge, but may be tinted with yellow, green, blue, brown, or black.
Black pearls are often highly valued because of their rarity.
-
Pearls are either natural or cultured. Natural Pearls are harvested
from the ‘wild’, while Cultured Pearls are cultivated in ‘Pearl farms’.
Pearls are harvested from the sea bed (Saltwater Pearls) and Inland
water bodies (Freshwater Pearls) - this was the primary source of all
pearls till the fag end of the 1800's.
STEP-FORMATION OF NATURAL PEARLS
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