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Types of pearl?
There are five different types of pearls, including natural pearls, cultured pearls, saltwater pearls, freshwater pearls, and imitation pearls.
What do farm raised pearls look like?
pearls
How pearls look?
They look like shiny balls.
Are freshwater pearls worth more than cultured pearls?
Almost all freshwater pearls in the world wide market today are fresh water culture pearls from China. They are generally less expensive than similar sized Cultured pearls that are grown in Saltwater, but not always. There are effectively no natural pearls on the market, and there have not been many on the world wide market for at least the last 100 years.
What are lotus pearls?
pearls like white lotus which is green and black and show a bad look.
Where can I get information on the creation of pearls?
Oysters are not the only type of mollusk that can produce pearls. Clams and mussels can also produce pearls, but that is a much rarer occurrence. Most pearls are produced by oysters in both freshwater and saltwater environments.
What did the Greek goddess Persephone's jewelry look like?
Pearls.
What color pearls can you get?
While white, and more recently black, saltwater pearls are by far the most popular, other color tints can be found on pearls from the oceans. Pink, blue, champagne, green, black and even purple saltwater pearls can be encountered, but to collect enough of these rare colors to form a complete string of the same size and same shade can take years.
What is the difference between freshwater pearls and normal water pearkls?
There are freshwater pearls and saltwater pearls. Natural freshwater pearls form in various species of freshwater mussels, family Unionidae, which live in lakes, rivers, ponds and other bodies of fresh water. These freshwater pearl mussels occur not only in hotter climates, but also in colder more temperate areas such as Scotland: see the freshwater pearl mussel. However, most freshwater cultured pearls sold today come from China. Saltwater pearls grow within pearl oysters, family Pteriidae, which live in oceans. Saltwater pearl oysters are usually cultivated in protected lagoons or volcanic atolls. Look here for more info: http://www.pinnaclepearls.com
How do you catch pearls?
look really good in the water like beaches for them.
How do I know what real pearls look like?
Natural pearls have layers of nacre and cultured pearls have a shell core covered with a small layer of nacre about a millimeter thick. And fake pearls just have a core with coating on it. If you're able to, you can drill into it. But I suggest you don't, you don't want to ruin your pearls!
How does a pearl look like?
Pearls have eight basic shapes: circled, round,baroque, oval, pear, drop, button, and semi-round. Pearls that are perfectly round are the rarest, its shape is the most valuable one. About the colors that pears may present, they are classified on the grade of their colors. Saltwater is the most popular. Other colors of pearl are: Pink, champagne, green, black, and purple saltwater. However, to collect these rare colors to form a complete string of the same size and shade would take years.
