The rest of the harvest will vary from semi round pearls to asymmetrical baroque pearls.
Images of different kinds of pearls.
Beautiful multicolour freshwater pearl bracelet.
Note that some pearl vendors coin their own terms to describe their pearls.
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White pearls on satin.
Homemade milk bubble tea with tapioca pearls.
Fresh roses flowers with pearls.
Up until 1989 pearls were only found.
Isolated on white clipping path.
Woman girl lady female.
In natural pearls the irritant generally comes from the water its surrounded by while in cultured pearls a piece of tissue is inserted by people.
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Pearls scattered on a colored background fabric.
The pictures below are of tahitian pearls but these shapes can be found in all pearl types.
Below is a brief description and picture of the most common shapes.
Sea beach orange shore.
One of the types of blue pearls comes from the silver lip oyster when there is a contaminant either in the nacre or between the nacre and the shell bead.
Pearls are formed when irritants like sand for instance finds its way into the shell of a mollusc.
Other types of pearls called blue comes from the abalone which is technically a large snail of the genus haliotis.
The best way to choose the best pearls is to carefully inspect the pearl in person or via hd images and video.
In reaction the mollusc begins to produce layers of nacre around the irritant.