The creation of a pearl

what is a pearl?

• a hard, lustrous spherical mass, typically white or bluish-gray, formed within the shell of a pearl oyster or other bivalve mollusk and highly prized as a gem.

How is a pearl made naturally?
Layer upon layer of nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl, coat the grain of sand (irritant) until the iridescent gem is formed

How is a cultured pearl made?
Cultured pearls are made the same way.Only a "pearl farmer" embeds the grain of sand.

The only difference is the sand is embed on purpose. Other than that they are the same

What is the value of a pearl?

natural

• Some high-end large round white or pink freshwater pearls can have a retailed price for over $5000-$10000 in Jewelry store.

cultured

• around $400

Pearls are the only gemstone made by living animals

Akoya, or saltwater pearls come from oysters, but freshwater pearls usually come from mussels, although all mollusks can make pearls

Pearls take their color from the inside of the shell in which they are growing. They range from white to gold, and from purple to black.

pearls can be carved into

Pearl sizes