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Cultured Pearl Rings:
Mark the Years with Cultured Pearl Rings
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Cultured pearl rings are a beautiful expression of love for a wife.
The pearl wedding anniversary signifies twelve years of married life and so cultured pearl rings, especially with the links between rings and weddings, are an increasingly popular way to mark this occasion. Younger women are now realizing the timeless elegance and beauty of cultured pearl rings.
What are Cultured Pearls?
People tend to associate pearls with oysters and them growing in the sea, and that is no longer quite the case. This method of harvesting pearls naturally from oysters was a little hit and miss so thanks to the cultured pearl rings of this beauty have been brought within the reach of all our pocketbooks.
As pearls are cultured, a piece of grit or more commonly now, a small piece if shell, is artificially inserted into the mollusc. It is to try to get rid of this irritant that the mollusc secretes more of the substance from which its shell is formed.
Often, instead of successfully getting rid of the irritant, layer upon layer of the secretion builds up and eventually, years later, this hardens to form a cultured pearl. Rings, earrings, brooches and earrings can all be made from these semi-precious gemstones.
Best Types of Cultured Pearls
As with anything, you tend to get what you pay for. There is a wide price range of cultured pearl rings. To some extent this depends on the size of the pearl and what the ring’s mount and band are made from, but it also is affected by the type of pearl.
For the best types of cultured pearl rings, you will probably want a cultured pearl which was made with an initial insertion of a piece of shell, so the pearl is formed around something of the same clarity, rather than a dull and dirty piece of grit.
This gives an unsurpassed sheen and translucency to your cultured pearl rings and allows them to catch the light and reflect the full spectrum of colors back off the gemstone.
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