PERFECT FOR THE HOME JEWELLERY MAKER

Type: Pearl String

Stone: Cultured Freshwater Pearl

Shape: Flatback

Finish: Smooth

Colour: Midnight Blue

Size: 7 - 8 mm 

Length: 35 cm

A natural pearl is nothing more than a pearl that has formed spontaneously inside the mollusc without the aid of human intervention. These pearls are the rarest and most valuable. Cultured pearls are just as real as the natural variety. They grow inside the mollusc in exactly the same way. They are not imitation, and they are not fake. A cultured pearl necklace is as genuine as its natural cousin. The majority of cultured pearls available today derive from freshwater mussels and saltwater pearl oysters.

Although all pearls develop in the same way, the cultured pearl requires some human assistance to get the process started. To do this, the pearl farmer inserts a small bead or section of mantle tissue under the mollusc’s shell. Nature then takes over. The animal begins to deposit layers of nacre around the irritating substance, slowly building up the cultured pearl. Cultured pearls so closely resemble the natural variety that experts often find it difficult to tell the two types apart. A final determination frequently requires the use of an X-ray to identify the initial irritant deep in the pearl’s interior.

Pearl is the June birthstone.

Shipping Fees:

1. To your nearest Postnet branch: R120.00

2. Courier delivery to your physical address (Aramex): R130.00

3 The Courier Guy delivery in the Gauteng area: R80.00

Please remember to add the shipping fee to the purchasing amount

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