Pearl Earrings
Pearl earrings are one of the most common ways to purchase pearls today, only comparable to a pearl necklace. Pearl earrings can be found in many stores today, from discount stores to high end retailers. All, or almost all, jewelry stores today sell pearl earrings. But there are many other pearl products, such as necklaces and rings. Earrings tend to be the most popular as more people can afford cultured pearls than completely natural pearls.
Pearls are a beautiful and natural way to decorate jewelry and other fine goods. Pearls are created by mollusks. All mollusks produce a substance that can be called a pearl, but not all are jewelry quality pearls. Pearls can be produced in two ways. Natural pearls are created by the mollusk when an irritant managed to get inside a shell. Cultured pearls are man made by putting a starter material inside the mollusk to for it to create a pearl. Pearls can also come in many different colors, ranging from a brilliant white to a deep black color that has a silver sheen. Natural, high quality pears have been as highly valued as gemstones for centuries. Most civilizations around the world know about pearls. But only in the past one hundred years have people learned to cultivate pearls, only recently have pearls been used only for jewelry. In the past though, pearls were often worn stitched onto clothing often worn by royalty. Many medieval and renaissance era portraits of royalty show them with many pearls sewn onto their clothing.
The variety of pearl earrings available to consumers can be vast. Not all pearls are round, creating tear drops or fused pearls, oval pears and pearls still attached to pieces of shell. There are simple stud earrings to very complex multi pearl designs. When choosing earrings make sure you are happy with the style and the shape, along with the complexity or simplicity of the earrings.
