Gleaming Deep Ocean Blue Biwa Pearls - 4mm yellow beads but the first real cultured

but the first real cultured freshwater pearls originated in Japan

All top-drilled - with each measuring about 11mm x 6mm

carried in groundwater

natural freshwater pearls from China

Opalite moonstone is most common today

Gleaming Deep Ocean Blue Biwa Pearls - 4mm yellow beads but the first real culturedPrice is per 15 inch string of these beautiful 4mm pearls. The least expensive cultured pearls today rival the most expensive natural pearls ever found. Natural freshwater pearls occur in mussels for the same reason saltwater pearls occur in oysters. Foreign material inside a mussel can't be expelled. To reduce irritation, the mollusk coats the intruder with the same secretion it uses for shell building, nacre. To cultivate a pearl, farmers slit the