Pearls In Oysters

Everyone is fascinated by the idea of finding their own pearl within an oyster. You can actually have that experience at “Aloha Pearls”. There are beautiful fresh water pearls directly from the oyster, dazzling like tiny suns. We also have the highly lustrous akoya pearls that come from a saltwater oyster. All of the pearls come in an array of colors each with its own meaning. These marvelous gems of the sea are unlike any other jewelry; once taken from the oyster, it is ready to be worn, not cutting, polishing and process. It is the oldest jewelry in any culture. Pearls were among the first jewelry valued by humans.

Pearls in oysters can be of various shapes other than round or near round, like teardrop or oval. Some pearl come our of the oyster with irregular shapes and these different shapes inspire the designer to create complementary settings of gold and diamonds.

Rings, pendants, bracelets and necklaces and many other types of jewelry are adorned with pearls. There are ancient myths about pearls, they have always been auspicious. These sea jewels are now becoming affordable and the quality of these pearls in oysters are first class.

The Jewels from the Deep!

Pearls are the gifts of nature to us. It’s amazing the way these jewels from the deep are formed. Whereas normal gems need to be polished once they are extracted from the earth pearls need no such treatment. These emerge from the oyster with an iridescence that shimmers, and is lustrous and with a soft glow that emanates naturally from its inside. A pearl forms due to the irritant that gets lodged inside a live oyster in a natural process. This irritant could be a piece of shell or a parasite. In its anxiety to get rid of the outsider the oyster secretes layers of nacre that ultimately becomes the smooth and lustrous pearl over a period of time. When you buy pearl jewelry it could be made of natural pearls or cultured ones that are formed by artificially introducing the irritant inside the oyster.

A lot of research goes into making cultured pearls that finally adorn the pretty necks, fingers or ears of ladies as pearl jewelry. This includes identifying oysters that produce superior pearls, placing of mantle tissue and then the nucleus from a freshwater mussel into the oyster and returning the nucleated oyster in nutrient rich bays for further growth of the pearls. Periodically the oysters are raised or lowered depending on the temperature and other conditions. They are also lifted, washed, treated with anti-parasite medicines and cleaned of weeds and barnacles that might be clinging to them. After several long months, the cultured pearls are finally ready for harvesting.