It is interesting about the known: 6 outstanding facts about pearls

What is pearls and how it is formed

For a specialist, it's not a secret that pearls — it is a product of self-defense of a mollusc. A foreign body (a grain of sand, a pebble, a larva of a marine creature) causes irritation when it gets into the shell, and the mollusk strips them every day with layers of mother-of-pearl, forming a hard shell. So there is a miracle of nature - beautiful and attractive.

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Extraction of pearls: a history of 4 thousand years

The first information about the extraction of pearls (in the Gulf of Mannar) dates back to the 2nd century BC. For centuries, divers have risked their lives and health, plunging to great depths, holding their breath for two or three minutes for 20x40 times a day and opening hundreds of shellfish to find at least one valuable pearl.

The oldest known pearl decoration — necklace from Susa, which was discovered in 1901 and is now stored in the Louvre.

The disastrous work brought a good profit: until the XIX century pearls were the most expensive mineral and only the royal families and noble persons could afford it. However, the fishery caused enormous harm to the planet and led to the depletion of natural reserves. Now wild natural pearls are rarely available on sale, and the one that is — is very expensive.

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Cultivation of pearls: revolutionary technology

January 27, 1896 in Japan, Kokichi Mikimoto received a patent for pearls grown in a nuclear way. This was how the revolutionary technology of pearl cultivation was invented. Cultivation repeats the natural process. The foreign body is placed manually in the pearl mantle — bead from natural mother-of-pearl, — and then the specialist takes a long time to monitor the state of health of oysters, changes in temperature and water composition. Today, almost all natural pearls in the world — cultured.

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Sea and river pearls in Thailand

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In 1967, Thai scientists adopted technology from the Japanese. Favorable climate, absence of cold season and temperature differences allowed to achieve excellent results. Thailand has become the largest producer of sea and river pearls on the planet, and the quality of Thai products is now recognized as one of the best in the world.

A bright noticeable gloss and a thick layer of mother-of-pearl — the distinctive features of Thai pearls.

Pearl Art Factory has its own farms in the province of Trang, where millions of sea and river pearls are waiting for their time to become the basis for works of jewelry art. Of course, not all grown pearls are ideal - from 25 thousand only one thousand turns out to be of the required quality.

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Marine and freshwater oysters differ in that the first during the life cycle produce only one pearl, and the second — about a dozen. But in the first case, the longevity, quality and beauty of the mother-of-pearl are higher, and in addition, a perfectly round form is often obtained. Therefore, sea pearls are more expensive and more valuable than freshwater.

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Protection against fakes

Pearls in Phuket are too popular not to be faked. Inexperienced tourists in many markets and souvenir shops sell ornaments that are issued for products with pearls.

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Pearl Art Factory jewelry experts will disclose the secrets of cultivation, the technique of exposing fakes and even teach visitors to evaluate pearls and understand it. On the show-windows of the exhibition hall are presented decorations for every taste and budget. The factory in the walls of the center allows to refine and correct the decoration on request of the guest, and also accept orders for the production of exclusive products.