Beautiful pearl bracelets from the finest pearls available worldwide.
Pearls that are most sought after are the ones produced by molluscan bivales or
clams and are nacreous and are from freshwater lakes or sea.
Pearls are valued highly for their rarity because they are produced in the wild.
Nowadays pearls are “cultured”, created with human intervention.
Today, most pearls used for jewelry are cultured by planting a core or nucleus into pear oyster.
A pearl is formed by calcium carbonate deposit which had been collected and been formed within the soft tissue of a shelled mollusk, such as an oyster, clam or mussel.
China is now the largest producer of akoya pearls, once dominated by Japan. Japan does not produce akoya pearls, which is smaller than 8 mm and it remains a large processor of China\'s akoya pearls. South Sea pearls mainly come from Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Black pearls are found in Tahiti and are very rare.
Abalone shell bracelets are the colourful outer shell of a clam or scallop. Metaphysically it is known to sooth and calm emotions. Abalone bracelets is widely used for jewellery making because of its transluscent outer appearance. Abalone bracelets are used by jewellers into inlaid material encased in pendants, bracelets, rings and other necklaces. Abalone bracelets are also known to be used in decorative inlay into pottery, paintings, and inlaid wood carvings.
Australian Pearls are found in the Northern Waters of Australia. South sea pearls are best known to have been sourced from Australia. Commercial harvesting pearls comes from Queensland, Western Australia and in Darwin in the Northern Territory.
