Pearl Necklaces
Pearl Necklaces are one of the most common ways to accessorize an outfit. Pearls come in many sizes shapes and colors that can be perfect for any attire. Pearls are formed inside the shells of mollusks, usually oysters, created from secretions that coat an irritant within the shell. There color may be anything from the familiar white, to black with an opalescent sheen. The pearls may either be natural, where they are formed naturally over time within an oysters shell. Cultured pearls on the other hand, are forced. The farmer inserts a round seed into the oyster, and the oyster creates a pearl around the seed. Most oyster farmers have large beds where they hand the oysters from string in the water. Most farms are also located in tidal areas to mimic the oyster’s natural habitat. Pearls have become one of the easiest things to find, with the farming of oysters. Most gemstones cannot be made easily or cheaply, but pearls can be cultured in a relatively short time with only a fair amount of work and no high technology.
There are many designs of pearl necklaces. Anything from a simple uniform string of pearls all the way around, to a string that gets larger in the middle, and smaller towards the ends, or even a multi string necklace where pearls are draped in loops or multiple strands around the wearers neck. But pearls were not always used exclusively for jewelry, they could, in the past be sewn into clothing in elaborate designs. Most pearl necklaces today tend to be simpler in nature, the most common being a single string of same sized pearls.
Pearl necklaces are also available in many retailers today. Many department stores, along with jewelry stores carry pearls. Even some lower end stores now have jewelry counters where you can by real pearls. Though many lower priced pearls tend to be cultivated, they can be just as beautiful for the wearer as natural pearls.
