Pearl Necklace – 8mm Cultured Akoya Pearl

Description

14 karat yellow gold wave pendant with an 8mm cultured Akoya pearl and 0.08 cttw. round brilliant cut diamonds. Chain not included.

The story of the pearl is one of the most extraordinary gems nature has ever created. Pearls are produced in certain salt and freshwater mollusks when in response to a tiny intruder lodged within, the shell soothes the irritation by enveloping it in layers of calcium carbonate — mother-of-pearl or nacre.

In the wild, this happens rarely, one in about 10,000 shells. But most pearls today are cultured—science collaborating with nature to engage and nurture this natural process. Introduced in Japan at the turn of the 20th century, pearl cultivation requires seeding technicians who skillfully insert in the mollusk a mother-of-pearl bead and/or mantle tissue as the intruder that sparks nacre production

While Japan launched the cultured pearl industry with its classic Akoya at the onset of the 20th century, we entered the 21st century with an expanded world of pearls producing a range of colors, shapes and sizes in salt and freshwater farms. This incredible variety is due to the use of different pearl shells, the environments in which they live, and innovations in techniques