The Coral Beads are the genuine beads that are used exclusively for jewelry making by the jewelry designers because of their high quality. They are extremely glamorous and if used, specifically with the agate beads in order to create a contrasting effect of the pearls, they make a stunning and a dazzling piece of jewelry.

The coral beads are available in a number of shapes and sizes for you. Round shaped coral beads: there are about 40 beads to 160 beads approximately on each strand. The round shaped coral beads are available in red, white, and light pink colors. The other shapes include the Bamboo shaped Coral Beads, drop shaped Coral Beads, drum shaped Coral Beads, faceted shaped Coral Beads, hexagon shaped Coral Beads, rice shaped Coral Beads, peanut shaped Coral Beads, and tube shaped coral beads.

The corals are treated with wax or plastic impregnation in order to make it smooth and unbroken on its surface. Therefore, the majority of the coral beads nowadays have a red color orientation. The best red coral is obtained form the Mediterranean Sea. It is very expensive and found very rarely nowadays. Corals are also obtained from the seas of China and Japan. However, they are of a cheaper variety and do not possess the vibrant colors like that of the Mediterranean Sea.

Corals are ideal for the carved cameos and they also make excellent brooches, earrings, pendants, cuff links, belt buckles, rings, tie bars, necklaces and bracelets. Corals are found in a lot of variations like the red coral, black coral, precious or noble coral, golden coral and the blue coral. The most classic and expensive of all is the red coral. It is in great demand all over the world because of its attractiveness, solidity, and positive shades.

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Pearls are of different types according to their formation and the type of water in which they grow. Some of the pearl types are discussed bellow:

Natural pearls: Natural pearls are formed within the oyster it may be an ocean or a river. When irritant like parasite is lodged into the mollusk, this animal responds by releasing a calcium carbonate substance called nacre to coat the intruder and protect the mollusk. The size, shape, type is determined by many aspects.

Cultured pearls: cultured pulses are made by hands. Most of the pearls today are cultured pearls, this is possible by inserting any foreign object into mollusk, this induces the pearl formation which same as that of natural pearl formation.

Saltwater pearls: Salt-water pearls are collected from saltwater of red sea, Persian Gulf and the coastal waters of India and Japan. They are also known as marine pearls.

Keshi pearls: these are the special category of pearls as their formation process is quite unusual, they are formed when the oyster rejects and spits out the implanted nucleus before culturing process finishes. These pearls are eventually produced without nucleus.

Akoya pearls: akoya pearls are formed in Japan and China. They are well known for their luster and therefore considered as classic pearls. Akoya oyster is smallest pearl producing oyster that is used in pearl culture today. Japanese dominated the Akoya pearls production.

South sea pearls: south sea pearls are the largest commercially cultured pearls in the whole world. Their average size is 13mm, with most harvests producing a range from 9mm to 20mm.

Freshwater pearls: china is leading the formation of freshwater pearls. They are available in wide variety like shape, colors. They are less expensive as compare to the salt-water pearls. They are quite durable, resist chipping and degenerative.

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Aragonite: Calcium carbonate found in nacre.

Baroque pearls: These are irregular shaped pearls these pearls are not round shape and they don’t have any kind of symmetry with uneven surface. They are cheapest pearls available.

Bib: Necklace with more than three strands.

Biwa Pearls: Pearls cultured in Biwa Lake, Japan

Blink Test: Test to identify pearls with bad nucleus; nucleus reflects light through its nacre.

Blemishes: Are little marks, irregularities on a pearl's surface.

Blister Pearls: Natural pearls which occur in outer shell of oyster when parasite intrudes in outer shell of mollusk.

Blue pearls: usually referred to pearls whose color derives from foreign contaminants or between nacre and nucleus bead.

Half pearls: Pearl which has one side completely flat and one rounded. Sometime one side of pearl is removed to remove blemishes.

Imitation Pearls: These are usually beads made up of glass, plastic or any material. Sometimes these beads are coated with pearl essence.

Iridescence: It is an optical effect due which pearl gets lustrous appearance.

Keshi pearls: Round natural pearls formed during cultivation process from small piece of mollusk’s shell.

Mallorca: Type of imitation pearls cultivated on Mallorca Island. Also known as Majorcan pearls. They are high quality imitations.