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Seed pearl jewelry

Seed pearl jewelry is considered as an epitome of a romantic sentiment that has become very popular nowadays. The seed pearl jewelry is very elegant in appearance that is associated with innocence as well as purity. You can present it to a girl on her 18th birthday as a formal jewelry piece or to a bride before her wedding. The jewelry made of seed pearls can be worn on special occasions throughout your life.

Seed pearl jewelry is quite ornate and delicate that has designs of scrolled foliate and flower motifs. This jewelry is made from a number of tiny seed pearls that range in size from 1.5 mm to 5 mm. these pearls are sewed by hand on a very fine pierced openwork frame consisting of mother of pearls with the help of a white horsehair thread. On the backside of the mother of pearl frame, silk backing is done.

You can make jewelries like necklace, bracelets, pendants, brooches, earrings, etc and many more items using the seed pearls. Use yellow gold accents and clasps to emphasize it. The seed pearl jewelry is seldom found in a very condition because these pearls are very fragile and delicate in nature. It is difficult to find an entire set intact. You need to take very good care of it and store then carefully. While you wear, seed pearls see to it that they do not come in contact with any solid object that may create scratches or cracks in the pearls.

Jewelry made using the seed pearls has a very different impact. They appear so delicate and beautiful that it attracts the attention of a number of people towards the wearer. If you cannot afford to purchase the seed pearl jewelry, wearing only a necklace or a bracelet made of the seed pearls does great wonders.

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Seed Pearls and Scallop Pearls

Seed Pearls
Seed pearls are very tiny pearls with a diameter as small as 3 to 4 mm. These pearls are harvested from Gonad of Mother oysters. They are very small like poppy seeds. Finished pearls are very small and formed without any man-made nucleus. During cultivation, a foreign particle enters a mother oyster it becomes the core of the pearl. Seed pearls usually do not have a particular size as it is depends on the shape of the foreign matter. One can say that they are flawless; they may have minor ride lines which are barely visible. Seed pearls are often used with diamonds for decorations.

Seed pearls are imported mostly from India and China. These pearls are strung in silk or horsehair. Seed pearls are popular from the last century as they are delicate and almost look lace-like. They are used to make all kinds of jewelry from necklaces to brooches.

Scallop Pearls

Scallop pearls are non nacreous pearls, like conch pearls. These are harvested from bivalve mollusks known as “Mano de Leon” or “Pacific Lion’s Paw”. This bivalve is native to the coastal region of Central and North America.

Scallop pearls have an amazing coloration and unique shape. These pearls are usually symmetrical in various shapes like oval, drop, round or button shape. Scallop pearls found in size range of seed to 40 carats. Scallop pearls have unique colors among all pearls and calcareous concentration like rare maroon to plum coloration also sometimes found in deep purple and orange and pink colors.

These pearls have a unique 3D effect with a reflective surface of pearls giving the pearls a flash effect and making it more striking, similar to flame the effect in Conch pearls. Scallop pearls are very rare and are taken as a bi-product of the wild harvested scallops. Due to the rarity of this beautiful gem, it is very expensive.

 
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