5mm And 9mm Enhanced Green Cultured Fw
PearlThroughout history, these noble gems have been connected with intelligence, wealth, purity, romance and mystery.
Pearls are organic gems, created when an oyster covers a foreign object with beautiful layers of nacre - smooth, hard crystalline substance. Layer upon layer of nacre coats the foreign object and hardens, finally forming a pearl.
Pearls are cultured in a variety of sizes, shapes, colors and kinds.
The five factors that determine value are luster (surface brilliance); surface cleanliness (absence of spots, bumps or cracks); shape (the rounder the pearl, the higher its value); color (pearls come in almost every hue of the rainbow, and a few others, too); and size (the standard pearl sold is 7-7.5 millimeters, but these gems can be as small as 1 millimeter or as large as 20 millimeters).
Pearls are soft, ranking only 2.5-4.5 on the Mohs scale of hardness, so they need special care.
Pearls are the birthstone for June.
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