Pearl River: properties, scope, photo

Pearl river as a star of the night sky, like a spark of snow attracts and attracts to itself. Over time, only the elite could flaunt jewelry from this stone, demonstrating luxury and consistency. But now such products please many thanks to the master jewelers. Natural river pearls are used to create different ornaments for women. Such products will suit both an elegant evening gown, and an everyday dress, for example, a sarafan and even a business suit. Also, this decoration is an integral part of the wedding image of the bride. Sometimes they dress the pearl with a young dress, decorate the veil.

What is a pearl? It is a solid round formation that is extracted from the shells of mollusks. Especially valuable is the pearl in the form of a jewel in jewelry.

The formation of pearls in nature

There is a ripening of pearls in the shell of a mollusk. It gets foreign matter. After around it pearl is laid, which is calcium carbonate and conchiolin. Mother of pearl lies with waves reflected in the light. It turns out ordinary white pearls. But there is also a black pearl (river). There are still green, yellow and blue. The latter are of greatest value, since they are very rare and attractive.

Pearls of the river are extracted from shellfish, which live in fresh water, on the territory of such countries as Russia, Germany, China and the United States of America.

There is no simpler material for creating jewelry than a river pearl. Earrings from it turn out simply magnificent. But pearls are not stored for long - the oldest jewelry has already collapsed. Only the Cairo Museum has preserved the oldest product, which is more than four thousand years old.

At present, there are practically no natural pearls. If someone gets caught, it can be considered an incredible success. Of course, the price for this product is very high. For the discovery of one good pearl, it is necessary to examine many hundreds of mollusks.

An interesting method of appearance

After there were no pearls left in nature, it was cultivated on farms. Often it appeared due to small parasites. They fell into the trap of mussels, which enveloped the foreign body and began to release mother-of-pearl onto it. Thus, a few years later a pearl was born to twelve millimeters in diameter. It contains many pearlescent layers. In their form, pearls are diverse, and there are no perfectly round ones.

The process of obtaining pearls by man

In the process of cultivation, a similar river pearl is obtained. Its properties are the same, only it ripens under the control of a person and according to the proportions and forms given to them.

At the end of the nineteenth century in Japan, a farmer twenty years explored the process of origin of river pearls, until finally received a patent for his cultivation. Hence the pearl industry began.

How does this process happen? A small ball is injected into the body of the mollusk with a needle. In one sink, you can enter a few, in order to subsequently receive a few pearls. Next, the above process of enveloping the ball with mother of pearl occurs. As a result, a pearl of round, ideal shape appears on the light. Only a small surface roughness will indicate that it has grown in a natural environment.

Types and types of pearls

The most valuable is considered to be the river pearl, the shape of which is rounded. In the process of cultivation, as a rule, it is almost perfectly round. In nature, you can not guess which form of pearl can grow. It depends on the bends of the foreign body that got into the shell.

Main categories in the form of pearls:

• Sphere;
• symmetry;
• baroque.

These categories are still divided into such forms as:

• a circle;
• oval;
• button;
• pear;
• a drop;
• baroque;
• Semi-baroque.

Pearls of river often grow in the form of baroque. This is the most versatile variety, featuring a wide color range. The indisputable leader in its production is China, where the cultivation process began long before the invention of similar farms and oyster vaccinations.

Extraction in Russia

In our country pearls were mined in Valdai. It was believed that the more salmon in the pond, the greater the number of pearls there. This is because the salmon was called "royal fish". Depending on the size, pearls had such names as "pearl cucumber", "pearl granule", "beads".

It was used to decorate women's clothing, hats. From it, the special ornaments that served as amulets were expanded. Until the end of the nineteenth century, Rus was engaged in fishing for river pearls. After the beginning of the twentieth century, it was already impossible to find pearls of natural origin even in world markets. This became the privilege of royal families.

The use of pearls

But in the twentieth year of the 19th century, the notorious Coco Chanel again made pearls popular. She proved his need to complement any outfit. She also introduced a multilayer yarn from river pearls into fashion trends. To make this decoration, it takes about seven years of tireless painstaking work of the masters to select the necessary number of stones.

Pearls can be different in shape, color, size, purity and brilliance. In total, more than 100 shades are used now. More and more asymmetric forms of stones are becoming fashionable, sometimes fantastic. They provide increased attention to their owners.

Famous jewelry companies represent exquisite jewelry. This is an original platinum necklace with a scattering of colored pearls and diamonds, as well as magnificent necklaces of beads of different shades and shapes.

River pearls are universal in their application. From it they make not only jewelry, but even shoes. Such magic in their beauty sandals adorn female legs. That's only their value, of course, is not disclosed.

A small conclusion

Now you know what is a river pearl, photos for clarity are presented in the article.

Jewelry from this material will never go out of fashion. It is not particularly important, from which pearls they are made, river or marine, of natural origin or cultivated. He is equally ideal for a person of royal blood, and an ordinary housewife. The shape and color of the pearls will give charm and charm to its owner. Pearls can be worn with almost any clothing. He perfectly combined with a strict office suit, and with a luxurious evening gown. Currently, many women can afford it.