Freshwater pearls are a kind of pearl that comes from freshwater mussels.
Real pearls come from shelled marine (salt water) mollusks, typically clams.
The fresh water pearl.
The price of a fresh water pearl necklace depends on the size, luster, shape, and quality of the pearls. They are the most common type of pearl since they are the least expensive, so they can bought for around $30.
The official gemstone of Kentucky is the fresh water pearl.
A freshwater pearl necklace is obtained from fresh water mollusks, this makes it much cheaper than its salt water rival.You dont have to dig as deep to find the pearls.
Mother of pearl is the iridescent substance that forms the lining of the shells of some fresh-water and some salt-water mollusks. Like the pearl it is a secretion made by the animal's mantle and made up of of alternate layers of calcium carbonate and conchiolin. It is light reacting with this layering which gives mother of pearl its sheen. Among the chief sources or mother of pearl are the pearl oyster, found in warm and tropical seas but the substance can also form in the shells of fresh water mollusks. Mother-of-pearl is the nacreous iridescent lining of a mollusk's shell. It is composed of calcium carbonate and aragonite aligned in hexagonical platelets. Mother-of-pearl is also known as nacre. Mother-of-pearl is used for jewelry, buttons, tiles, the production of faux pearls, and calcium (pearl) supplements.
the Great Lakes are fresh water.( the largest fresh water lakes in the world.)
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spring water is fresh water
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Fresh water is not dirty because it is fresh and clean
not all water on earth is fresh its 60% fresh and 3% salty