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What makes a pearl a gem “Biologically speaking, every mollusc that has a hinged shell (a bivalve) can make a pearl,” Marie Lise explains. iphone 6 6s hoesje That’s right, even your chilli mussels were once capable of popping bague or rose et aigue marine one out. That’s because pearls are made out of the same type of calcium bague or blanc strass material that bivalves make their shells refaire bague or out of. “But not all pearls are beautiful, and prix bague or et diamant not yayi bijoux mode princesse coupe 6 9 ct blanc zircon argent couleur bagues de fiancailles amant de mariage anneaux fete anneaux 1376 all pearls are valuable,” says Marie Lise. Some bivalves (in this case, several species of oyster) coat their pearls bague or fleur de lys with a comiya or argent couleur en alliage de zinc anneaux pour femmes feminino acrylique perle shell pendentif bague femme accessoires indiens bague hard material called nacre. This coating gives the pearl its recognisable iridescence and value in the market place and is the same material that lines the bivalve’s inner shell. Of course, oysters don’t make this shiny stuff just bague or annee 70 for the sake of it. Against the grain (of sand) Pearls are a bague or ancien product of a bivalve’s immune system a response to something invading its shell and irritating its body. The oyster will try to blow it out, like we do yayi bijoux princesse coupe 3 8ct multi zircon argent rempli bagues de fiancailles mariage coeur anneaux saint valentin filles anneau 032 when a long strand of hair drops in front of our eyes. “If that doesn’t work, the oyster will start coating it with nacre. That’s where a natural pearl is born, in between the shell of the animal and the part that’s called the mantle.” The mantle, the outer layer of the mollusc’s flesh, coats whatever is irritating it with calcium carbonate and nacre. Lighter and stronger than concrete, this pearl is the oyster’s attempt at flyleaf 925 argent sterling irreguliere vigne anneaux ouverts pour les femmes mode prevenir lallergie sterling argent bijoux protecting itself. Old wives will tell you that it’s normally a grain of sand that begins this irritating, pearl producing process. But we now know that’s not true. “If you were to cut through the middle of a natural pearl yayi bijoux princesse coupe 8 8ct jaune zircon argent rempli bagues de fiancailles mariage coeur anneaux saint valentin filles anneau 024 which you wouldn’t, because they’re quite expensive you’d find organic matter bague or blanc et pierre bleu there,” says Marie Lise. A pearl of value is made this way, naturally, in one in every 10,000 wild pearl oysters. But humans, being the enterprising creatures that we are, have found a way to hack this biological process. Sizing up pearls If natural pearls are grey wolves, cultured pearls are domestic dogs. cover iphone And the first question any breeder bague or motif must answer is do you want to breed a few majestic German shepherds Or a lot of little Pomeranians “In the pearl industry, size matters,” says Marie Lise. For this reason, South Sea pearls are generally more valuable than the smaller Akoya pearls, which are farmed off the coast of Japan. Akoyas max out at about 12mm and have a nacre that is often artificially coloured. South Sea pearls can grow up to 20mm and have a highly lustrous nacre that naturally comes in hues of gold and silver. You can get a good idea of the colour pearl an oyster will produce by peering inside at the layer of nacre that lines its shell. It’s good news for the farmer if it’s a highly prized hue but not such good news for the oyster. Slice of life While natural pearls are the simple result of a lucky set of circumstances, cultivated pearls stem from a much more calculated, bague or jaguar complex process. It begins by slicing off a piece of the oyster with the highly prized shell colour the donor oyster. A long strip of the oyster’s mantle that produces the nacre is cut off and diced up into lengths of about 40mm. These slivers are placed around spherical beads made from the shell of mussels commonly found in the Great bague or avec pierre bleue Lakes of America.