cultured pearls
Oyster-grown jewelry
Cultured pearls are pearls produced by inserting an irritant into an oyster or mussel, prompting the mollusk to coat it with nacre—the same process that creates natural pearls, but initiated deliberately.
Nearly all pearls sold today are cultured rather than harvested from wild mollusks: a strand of cultured pearls, The cultured pearl industry began in Japan.
- nacreIridescent shell coating
- nucleationInitial cluster formation
- MikimotoCultured pearl originator
- lusterSoft reflected light
- earringsJewelry worn on lobes
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