Lush Olive-Green Pearl String - 9mmPrice is per 15 inch string of these beautiful 9mm pearls. The least expensive cultured pearls today rival the most expensive natural pearls ever found. Natural freshwater pearls occur in mussels for the same reason saltwater pearls occur in oysters. Foreign material inside a mussel can't be expelled. To reduce irritation, the mollusk coats the intruder with the same secretion it uses for shell building, nacre. To cultivate a pearl, farmers slit the

The ring symbolises permanence - lasting

drilled from top to bottom

What took nature millions of years to create

it adds to the red colour of garnet and ruby

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Held in the hand it can improve judgment - ancient silk traders often held jade while bartering

derived its name from the Latin word granatus

Price is per 15-inch string of these beautiful 6mm biwa pearls

This instrument is used to work out the best feng shui positions

and the Mongols

These unusual top-drilled fancy drop nugget beads are ametrine - which consists of amethyst with a little citrine