Dining for pearls anyone? In this day and age of technology, man has come up with ingenious ways to produce the pearls we now use on jewelry. These lovely creations were originally found the conventional way, diving for them. These are called natural pearls, painstakingly produced by oyster that shield their soft tissue from any irritant that might have imbedded itself inside it. The oyster then proceeds to produce nacre, that coats the tiny irritant over a number of years thereby producing this lovely rounded object which are now used for necklaces, brooches, rings or even appliqued on clothing.
Since mankind has come up with its own pearl production, we dont have to try our luck diving to come up with these exquisite creations. The cultured pearls are of much less value than its natural counterpart and is produced much the same way, by manually inserting an irritant which oftenly are ground Mother of Pearl shells.
In an effort to come up with more pearls, we have come up with a more ingenious way to make them, which are to dip round glass beads in a solution made of fish scales. These synthetic pearls lose its lustre over a period of time but are definitely cheaper than salt or freshwater pearls, which are the two kinds of Pearls (natural or cultured).
Mankind is definitely on the move for easier and better ways to find pearls. So now its up to you, Dining, or diving?
