Monday, November 12, 2018

Formation Process Of A Pearl

By Sandra Sullivan


Many years ago, pearls have been known for its unique physical appearance, considering it as a very treasure that oysters and the seabed have kept. People use this as part of their jewelry and as a precious ornament. Before makers transform it into a Hawaiian Pearl Jewelry, the formation of such gem would take a procedure that could take years.

A natural pearl is technically comprised of about 100% of conchiolin and calcium carbonate. People thought that the formation is of this type is through an accidental procedure. Because of a microscopic parasitic animal invades the mollusk where this beautiful gem will be formed.

Such parasite is named as the irritant. This irritant will make a way to invade any oyster that it sees. Once it is already inside the oyster will defensively response to the invader, creating a fluid that would cover and trap the invader. The coating consists of both calcium carbonate and conchiolin, which are essential in creating such a gem.

When the coating is continuously done, the product that is also known as the nacre will be formed. It will approximately take 3 years to create one pearl through this process. Different shapes can be created, but the rarest which is the perfectly round one is what is made to be a jewel.

A cultural type of pearl is created through a reaction between the implantation of a tissue, known as a graft, inside a shell. This requires two oysters, the one will donate the tissue and the other is the one that will receive it. As soon as the tissue is placed inside, a small sack made up of essential calcium is being developed. Once this gets bigger, a nacre will be formed.

Several methods could be used in making a cultural pearl, a shell form both the sea or freshwater can be used, manually transplanting the tissue into the clam, and adding a perfect spherical bead to be the nucleus. This a process which both involves natural and human occurrences.

Another type of nacre can be easily created, this is called the imitation pearl. A round glass bead is created, and dipping it into a liquid mixture that is made up of fish scales. After dipping it, a fake one is created. The real nacre s heavy and these are not, also the coating is just thin.

Imitation pearl, on the other hand, is formed differently from the other two. This is not done through a long process. Most likely referred to as the fake type of bead. But, you can easily determine if one is fake when you rub it across your teeth, if it glides, then it truly is a fake one.

Forming a real single pearl could take years before divers get it and jewelry makers use it as part of the jewels they are making. Even in the long procedure, a beautiful thing will be put into existence. So if you have any of this special gem, take good care of it because it was made in an extraordinary way.




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