Facts about shell pearls

The shell pearls are made in a laboratory from an oyster shell. Making of the shell pearls involves a number of stages. Sea shell is the raw material used for making the base of the pearl that is polished and coated to give it the final shape of the pearl. To produce the pearls of the best quality, a mother of pearl bead is used that adds weight, durability as well as values of the pearls.

Shell pearls have always been a better choice for many people. There are many reasons why the shell pearl is so popular among the pearl lovers all over the world. The first and the foremost reason being its price. Pearls were supposed to be worn by people as status symbols. But now this is not so. The shell pearls are available at a very affordable price. There are expensive shell pearls also, but as compared do the other pearls the shell pearls are very easy to and cheap to purchase.

Another reason is the quality of the shell pearls. Shell pearls are manufactured manually and thus different factors like the size, shape, color, etc can be controlled to make it finally appear perfect.

You can purchase the shell pearls on temporary strands available like:

8mm southsea shell pearl strands- these pearls are 8mm in size and are of AAA grade. They are perfectly round in shape with a very high luster and no flaws or surface irregularities visible on it. They are made from oyster’s shell. These pearls are available in yellow, peacock, dark chocolate, rose pink, silver grey and lavender colors.

12mm southsea shell pearl strands- these are the pearls of a very large size and perfectly round in shape. They are of the AAAA grade with no surface irregularities. They are available in greenish yellow, pinkish white, rose pink, lavender, black and silver grey colors. There are about 34 pearls on every strand that is 16” in length.

Large 12 x 15mm southsea shells pearls- these pearls are of very large size are shaped like a tear drop available on the temporary strands. If you are searching for the pearls that are big in size, have an excellent shape, color and luster without any surface irregularities, at an amount that is hard to believe; then these pearl would be the right choice for you.

These pearls are however, not the real pearls. They are imitation pearls of the south sea shell pearls. You will get 53 pearls on each strand that ranges up to 16” in length.

For more info on shell pearls, just click here.