Freshwater Pearl Jewelry

 

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Dinosaur Eggs Pendant
Dinosaur Eggs Pendant
Concave pendant with four freshwater pearl
'dinosaur eggs'.

$89.00




Dinosaur Eggs Earrings
Dinosaur Eggs Earrings
Concave organic-style silver discs with
a total of three freshwater pearl 'eggs'.

$45.00

Pearl Pod Earrings
Pearl Pod Earrings
Antiqued round silver pods set with pearls.
$60.00


Small Pearl Pod
Small Pearl Pod
A pearl pod begins its life as a type
of gall that grows on an oak leaf...More

$37.50




White Pearl Strand
White Pearl Strand
18"...$47.01
Bali and Peacock
White and Peacock Necklace
18"...$92.70


Mindworm Pod
Mindworm Pod
$89.00
Center Station Anklet
Center Station Anklet
10"...$19.73
Bracelet with Silver Twist Tubes
Bracelet with Thin Silver
7.5"...$13.77
Silver Arch Pendant
Silver Arch Pendant
$25.00

So What Are Freshwater Pearls?

FWP Shell

Freshwater pearls come from mussels that are farmed in ponds, lakes and rivers.

A freshwater pearl starts as a small 'seed' placed in the shell of a triangle shell mollusk. (Hyriopsis cumingii)

The mollusk reacts to the small piece of shell or 'seed pearl' by building layers of a protective coating. This coating consists of aragonite, calcite and a horn-like substance called conchiolin.

Pearls come naturally in a variety of pastel colors, depending on the exact type of mollusk and composition of water.

Although produced in other areas, the largest producer of freshwater pearls is China.

Pearls are hand selected from several cultured pearl farms which offer smooth, high-luster pearls. The pink and white colors are natural, the peacock and bronze colors are heat-treated to create the color-fast (not dyed) dark rainbow effect.

White pearls are golden-white to nearly white in color. We avoid chaulky, stark-white pearls, as these have usually been bleached, which can harm the luster.

The pinks are a pale peach-pink to pale lavender-pink. Peacock colors have a silver-grey base and display a subtle iridescent color change. Colors range from bronze to lavender to green-blue. Bronze pearls are a warm brown and look somewhat metallic.