Sunday, January 30, 2011

Yes, there are American Pearl

Recently, interest in growing cultured pearls in the world. There are about 300 species of shells, pearls, is capable of occurring in the United States. Many natural pearls gem quality were discovered America even before the founding of the United States.

U.S. has a long tradition of fishing shell. In the late 1800's, a German immigrant started pearl button industry. To feed this industry, akoya oyster compiled by the U.S. Shell Fisher mussels from the Mississippi River and its tributaries. pearl buttons become the norm and creates an envelope of important fisheries. Beads, but not the main goal of profitable sideline for a shell collector. Of the industry with the production of buttons and find the occasional pearl of gem quality pearls connected American consciousness has increased.

Little is known, but large companies have used since 1950, when Japanese farmers beads, shells of the United States, cultivated for Akoya pearls are the beginning of their generation are developed. This was the starting point for the U.S. freshwater cultured pearl production.

I do not know, wholesale pearl oysters for spherical beads freshwater pearl farms in the United States. They produce different types and variations of Mabe, or blister pearls. It begins when a technician glues major reversal inside the lower mantle tissue.

This blister pearls Mabe differ from the "cultured pearls elsewhere. After about 2 years, the mollusks were collected and purified. Cut the sheath around the lamp and then polished and made into pendants, rings, brooches and earrings.

Another way to get pearls in the United States insert fancy base. grown so shape the imagination of pearls. These freshwater pearls America, wish pearl cage pendant white or gray, pink, white, with the pace and gray to blue. As in many freshwater pearls, and not just U.S. based general characteristics. East said, or harmonics, which looks like a rainbow.

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