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Natural pearls and cultured pearls create beautiful pearl bracelets. A pearl is a gem created by a living creature. Every pearl began its life as a piece of grit or ocean dust that found its way inside a mollusk’s shell. Clams and oysters have a natural defense mechanism for the intruder’s presence inside their shells and coat the foreign speck with many layers of nacre, creating a beautiful pearl. From the ocean floor to your wrist, pearls are world-renowned for their beauty. They come in many colors and are especially desired for necklaces and bracelets. Natural pearls are quite rare and carry a hefty price tag for their glamour and elegance. Many pearl bracelets are made with cultured pearls, a man-made version of their natural counterpart. Cultured pearls are pearls that are created by placing a tiny bead inside a mollusk shell. Various sizes and shapes of the starter bead are used, depending on the kind of pearl that is desired. The pearl then grows with layers of natural nacre coating. Cultured pearls of the highest quality contain many layers of thick nacre, making them durable and wearable. Pearl bracelets are made from either saltwater or freshwater pearls. No two pearls are alike and the uniqueness of a pearl bracelet gives it its value. Higher priced pearl bracelets are constructed with spherical pearls, the more perfect and symmetrically shaped pearls commanding the highest price tags. Many pearl bracelets are created with pear-shaped pearls. Baroque pearl bracelets are the least expensive and contain irregularly shaped pearls. There are many colors of pearls that are used in pearl bracelet jewelry design. A pearl’s ‘body color’ refers to the general hue of the gem. Pearls come in white, cream, silver, yellow, black or pink. Many of these beautiful gems give off an overtone color when hit with reflective light, like a white pearl bracelet that reflects with a pinkish sheen.
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