Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Ring Necklace Set 1988

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Ring Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

These freshwater pearl mussels occur not only in hotter climates, but also in colder more temperate areas such as Scotland (where they are protected under law). Most freshwater cultured pearls sold today come from China.

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African New Gold Fashion Jewellery Pearl Necklace Earring. 

By Aamir Mannan Shaikh.

They have always made beautiful jewelry of various materials, perforated, beads are small and often rounded small objects found around the world. African beads in particular has become element of African adornment and are widely used in African regalia and clothing.

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Earring Necklace Set 1987

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Earring Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

Freshwater and saltwater pearls
Freshwater and saltwater pearls may sometimes look quite similar, but they come from different sources.

Freshwater pearls form in various species of freshwater mussels, family Unionidae, which live in lakes, rivers, ponds and other bodies of fresh water.

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African New Gold Fashion Jewellery Pearl        Necklace Earring. 

By Aamir Mannan Shaikh.

Here are some materials to make handmade African jewelry: amber, carved stone, glass, wood, paper, wood,ivory, animal hair, egg shells, bone, sea shells and a lot of other things.A long time ago African peoples have cherished different beads and appreciated a lot their beauty.

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African New Gold Fashion Jewellery Pearl        Necklace Earring. 

By Aamir Mannan Shaikh.

Jewelry may indicate an individual’s power, wealth and of course their standing in the society. The materials that Africans uses today range from sea shells and beads to gold and silver.

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Pendent Set Necklace Set 1986

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Pendent Set Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

Because pearls are made primarily of calcium carbonate, they can be dissolved in vinegar. Calcium carbonate is susceptible to even a weak acid solution because the crystals of calcium carbonate react with the acetic acid in the vinegar to form calcium acetate and carbon dioxide.

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Earring Pendent Set Necklace Set 1985

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Earring Pendent Set Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

The iridescence that pearls display is caused by the overlapping of successive layers, which breaks up light falling on the surface. In addition, pearls (especially cultured freshwater pearls) can be dyed yellow, green, blue, brown, pink, purple, or black. The very best pearls have a metallic mirror-like luster.

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African New Gold Fashion Jewellery Pearl Necklace. 

By Aamir Mannan Shaikh.

Africans has used a different materials to make their products. First they started with those materials that they used to find in nature and then as the time moved they started to make different combinations and today they use almost every material for their jewelers.

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African New Gold Fashion Jewellery Earring Chain. 

By Aamir Mannan Shaikh.

Materials Used in African Jewelry

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Throughout history Africans have tended to develop their work and they have started to use different organic materials and other materials that were readily available and suitable in their region to create their jewelry.

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Pendent Set Necklace Set 1984

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Pendent Set Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

Electron microscopy image of a fractured surface of nacre

The unique luster of pearls depends upon the reflection, refraction, and diffraction of light from the translucent layers. The thinner and more numerous the layers in the pearl, the finer the luster.

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Earring Necklace Set 1983

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Earring Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

Structure of nacre layers, wherein aragonite plates are separated by biopolymers, such as chitin, lustrin and silk-like proteins

Physical properties

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Pendent Set Earring.1982

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Pendent Set Earring. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

Saltwater pearls can grow in several species of marine pearl oysters in the family Pteriidae. Freshwater pearls grow within certain (but by no means all) species of freshwater mussels in the order Unionida, the families Unionidae and Margaritiferidae.

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Necklace Set 1981

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

One family of nacreous pearl bivalves – the pearl oyster – lives in the sea, while the other – a very different group of bivalves – lives in freshwater; these are the river mussels such as the freshwater pearl mussel.

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Pendent Set Necklace Set 1980

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Pendent Set Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

Natural (or wild) pearls, formed without human intervention, are very rare. Many hundreds of pearl oysters or mussels must be gathered and opened, and thus killed, to find even one wild pearl; for many centuries, this was the only way pearls were obtained, and why pearls fetched such extraordinary prices in the past. Cultured pearls are formed in pearl farms, using human intervention as well as natural processes.

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Earring Necklace Set 1979

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Earring Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

Nacreous pearls, the best-known and most commercially significant, are primarily produced by two groups of molluskan bivalves or clams. A nacreous pearl is made from layers of nacre, by the same living process as is used in the secretion of the mother of pearl which lines the shell.

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Necklace Set 1978

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

A pearl being extracted from an akoya pearl oyster.

Almost any shelled mollusk can, by natural processes, produce some kind of "pearl" when an irritating microscopic object becomes trapped within its mantle folds, but the great majority of these "pearls" are not valued as gemstones.

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Necklace Set 1977

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

A black pearl and a shell of the black-lipped pearl oyster. The iridescent colors originate from nacre layers.

The English word pearl comes from the French perle, originally from the Latin perna meaning leg, after the ham- or mutton leg-shaped bivalve.

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Necklace Set 1976

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

Contents
1 Etymology
2 Definition
3 Physical properties
4 Freshwater and saltwater pearls
5 Creation of a pearl
5.1 Natural pearls
5.2 Cultured pearls
5.3 Imitation pearls
5.4 Gemological identification
5.5 Value of a natural pearl
5.6 Origin of a natural pearl
5.7 Types of cultured pearls
6 Pearls from other species
7 History
7.1 Pearl hunting
7.2 Pearl farming
8 Timeline of pearl production
9 Freshwater pearl farming
10 Momme weight
11 Pearls in jewelry
11.1 Shapes
11.2 Lengths of pearl necklaces
11.3 Colors of pearls

12 Religious references
12.1 Hindu scriptures
12.2 Hebrew scriptures
12.3 New Testament scriptures
12.4 Islamic scriptures
12.5 Other scriptures
13 See also
14 References
15 External links

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Earring Necklace Set 1975

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Earring Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

Although these may also be legitimately referred to as "pearls" by gemological labs and also under U.S. Federal Trade Commission rules, and are formed in the same way, most of them have no value except as curiosities.

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Earring Necklace Set 1974

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Pendent Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

Whether wild or cultured, gem-quality pearls are almost always nacreous and iridescent, like the interior of the shell that produces them. However, almost all species of shelled mollusks are capable of producing pearls (formally referred to as "calcareous concretions" by some sources) of lesser shine or less spherical shape.

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Necklace Set 1973

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

Imitation pearls are also widely sold in inexpensive jewelry, but the quality of their iridescence is usually very poor and is easily distinguished from that of genuine pearls. Pearls have been harvested and cultivated primarily for use in jewelry, but in the past were also used to adorn clothing. They have also been crushed and used in cosmetics, medicines and paint formulations.

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Pendent Necklace Set 1972

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Earring Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

The most valuable pearls occur spontaneously in the wild, but are extremely rare. These wild pearls are referred to as natural pearls. Cultured or farmed pearls from pearl oysters and freshwater mussels make up the majority of those currently sold.

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African New Marriage Fashion 2015 Gold Jewellery Bracelet Necklace Ring.

 By Aamir Mannan.Shekh

Those have been discovered 1588 years ago. In the 15 century, artists in Nigeria (the Kingdom of Benin), have started to use coral beads, brought in large quantities by people in Portugal, to make elaborate regalia and clothing for their kings.

African Jewelry

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Pendent Necklace Set 1971

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Pendent Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other shapes (baroque pearls) occur. The finest quality natural pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries. Because of this, pearl has become a metaphor for something rare, fine, admirable and valuable.

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African New Marriage Fashion 2015 Gold Jewellery Bracelet Necklace Ring.

 By Aamir Mannan.Shekh

African Beads has often been complemented and enhanced with other beads like, brilliantly white cowrie. Those beats have also served as source of embellishment and currency and have been widely traded around Africa.White stone beads have been found near Nigeria- Nok.

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Necklace Set 1970

Dubai Pearl Diamond New Fashion Jewellery Necklace Set. 

By Aamir Mannan Shiakh.

A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk. Just like the shell of a clam, a pearl is composed of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers.

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African New Marriage Fashion 2015 Gold Jewellery Bracelet Necklace Ring.

 By Aamir Mannan.Shekh

Beads and handmade jewelry have played an important role in Africans life and in the court life of African kingdoms, being valued sometimes as currency and s

ometimes as an artistic creation. The materials used to make those African products have varied over time, and include stone, clay, paper, metal, wood, shells and glass.

 

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African New Marriage Fashion 2015 Gold Jewellery Bracelet Necklace Earring 

 By Aamir Mannan.Shekh

They have always made beautiful jewelry of various materials, perforated, beads are small and often rounded small objects found around the world. African beads in particular has become element of African adornment and are widely used in African regalia and clothing.

African Jewelry