WHITE PEARL

WHITE PEARL

Pearl is the oldest gem known and was weighed as the most valuable for centuries. It has a color extending from white to black inclusive of silver, cream, pink, champagne, gold, green and blue.

What singularizes pearl from other gemstones is that it is organic matter acquired from a living creature – oysters and mollusks. Its chemical structure incorporates of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, which has been amassed in concentric layers. Pearl may occur in many shapes and each of its shape is unique as it is a naturally organic gem. Similar to diamonds which are different from each other, every pearl has a slight difference in its shape. Its shape is due to the position of nucleus and the nucleus itself within the mollusk. Round pearls are the most desired and cherished since they are rare and ‘natural’. When one thinks of a pearl, it is a round pearl that comes to mind. As a companion to the naturally occurring pearls, there are also cultured pearls which are farmed from oysters and freshwater mussels. The expense of the pearl depends on many factors such as the type of pearl, its luster, shape, color, nacre and size. Its luster shows its quality; a superior quality pearl is so bright and shiny that one can see their reflection upon it. One more factor is the nacre that gives a pearl its color and shine of its luster. The most expensive pearl is the one with thicker nacre.

Pearls are the world’s oldest, most trendy and prominent and most revered gems since they were initially discovered. It was mentioned in the legends, texts, used in art pieces of many countries from Egypt to China and to Greece. Its first usage dates back to around 5,200 years ago in Egypt. The paintings and sculptures in ancient Egypt era depicted the usage of pearls. Freshwater pearls were mentioned in the ancient Chinese lobes and historical texts that dated 4,000 years ago and it is still accepted as the definition of the freshwater pearls. The oldest artifact of pearl jewelry is a 2,700-year-old necklace which was excavated from the Queen’s tomb of ancient Persia. It is known as the Susa necklace, comprising of 3 rows of 72 pearls each. Being called as the teardrops of moon, pearl is the June Birthstone and the stone for the Zodiac sign Cancer.

Glamira provides the pearls with superior quality by considering the value criterion. To create unique designs of pearl jewelry, Glamira capitalizes the white, pink and black pearl in its collections. Buyers are free to customize the teardrops of moon as a pair of pearl drop earrings. Or the user can cloak the ancient heritage around the neck as a magnificent pearl necklace and feel yourself to be the lead of a myth or a legend. You can also fuse it with rose and/or white gold to have a pearl ring which can be emphasized like Susa necklace that will be an everlasting style.