By Sandra Sullivan


For over many years that passed the pearls, very extraordinary gems, were considered as one of the most beautiful treasures that can be found on the seabed and on oysters. It was used as jewelry for women, people created a way for it to be a part of fashion. Before it becomes a Hawaiian Pearl Jewelry, take a look at how this beautiful thing was formed.

A natural pearl is technically comprised of about 100% of conchiolin and calcium carbonate. People thought that the formation is of this type is through an accidental procedure. Because of a microscopic parasitic animal invades the mollusk where this beautiful gem will be formed.

Such parasite is named as the irritant. This irritant will make a way to invade any oyster that it sees. Once it is already inside the oyster will defensively response to the invader, creating a fluid that would cover and trap the invader. The coating consists of both calcium carbonate and conchiolin, which are essential in creating such a gem.

When the coating is continuously done, the product that is also known as the nacre will be formed. It will approximately take 3 years to create one pearl through this process. Different shapes can be created, but the rarest which is the perfectly round one is what is made to be a jewel.

Cultural pearls are formed in a somewhat the same process as what the natural one. This happens through implantation of a tissue, referred to as the graft, to a shell. A donation is done by another mollusk to another same kind, that causes a reaction. This reaction is when the recipient creates a sac that will coat the graft and will trigger to secrete calcium carbonate. Hence, a nacre will be the product.

Several methods could be used in making a cultural pearl, a shell form both the sea or freshwater can be used, manually transplanting the tissue into the clam, and adding a perfect spherical bead to be the nucleus. This a process which both involves natural and human occurrences.

Another way in making pearls is through imitating a real one. The steps are easy and can be done in no time. Al you have to do is to dip a round glass bead into a solution that contains scales from fish. This type differs in the weight since it is not made of calcium, and the color could be easily worn off.

You could differentiate a fake from a real pearl through rubbing it against your teeth. If the color wears away then it is fake. Fakes are done in a short period but the real one is made for a long period of time.

Before even making any ornaments and pieces of jewelry out of these precious gems, the process they underwent is very long. But after all that, we can see how beautiful and amazing it is. If you happen to own, you must take care of it properly and responsibly because it was made in a very special and long process.




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