Pearls on a colored background fabric.
Images of different kinds of pearls.
Beautiful multicolour freshwater pearl bracelet.
For example pearl paradise have what they call freshadama pearls which refers to their top of the range freshwater pearls.
White pearls on satin.
So rare are round pearls that only 5 10 of a pearl farm s harvest will be even and round.
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In natural pearls the irritant generally comes from the water its surrounded by while in cultured pearls a piece of tissue is inserted by people.
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Below is a brief description and picture of the most common shapes.
Other types of pearls called blue comes from the abalone which is technically a large snail of the genus haliotis.
Pearls scattered on a colored background fabric.
Fresh roses flowers with pearls.
The best way to choose the best pearls is to carefully inspect the pearl in person or via hd images and video.
Pearls are formed when irritants like sand for instance finds its way into the shell of a mollusc.
In reaction the mollusc begins to produce layers of nacre around the irritant.
The pictures below are of tahitian pearls but these shapes can be found in all pearl types.
Note that some pearl vendors coin their own terms to describe their pearls.
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Up until 1989 pearls were only found.
One of the types of blue pearls comes from the silver lip oyster when there is a contaminant either in the nacre or between the nacre and the shell bead.