Difference Between Natural Pearls And The Cultured Pearls

2008-09-26 Word Count: 360 Category: Jewelry

Natural pearls are those pearls which are the creation of nature. The nature cannot tolerate any others interference in the creation of these pearls or in other words these pearls are impossible to create artificially. Natural pearls are created when e parasite or any other organism invades the mollusc in the oyster. After a very long period of time a s pearl is created. Cultured Pearls on the other hand are formed in nature with the involvement of the man. The pearl farmers can create these pearls by entering an outside object in the tissue of the oyster. The same process is applied for the creation of natural pearls. But the only difference lies in the fact for natural pearls the process starts suddenly or accidentally but for the cultured peals the process starts intentionally. Today the natural pearls have replaced the cultured pearls because of a large amount of risks are associated with the natural pearls. The cultured pearls can be distinguished from the natural pearls by imposing X ray beams. The pearls are now available for the pearl lovers at an affordable price. The credit goes to the pearl industry which is approximately hundered years old. The size, shape and color of the natural pearls completely depends upon the nature and the mollusc. The pearl attains its various features relying upon whether the mollusc lives in fresh water, salt water and other geographic condition with its host named as oyster. The natural pearls are very rare and if they exist then most of them have no commercial value because they are irregular in shape and size. Because of this they did not meet with the customer expectations. In the past natural pearls were a symbol of luxury. It was used in jewelry items by the queens and the kings. In the present you can see the natural pearls only in Museums. Only a few Natural pearl beds exist in the world in Persian gulf because the most of the natural pearl beds have been harvested. The fresh water pearl beds are found in the United States of America. In near future the natural pearls will completely extinct.

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Pearls are the gemstones which are created by the living creatures. When the Pearls are created naturally but in the care of a man then those pearls are referred as Pearl Earing.