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Would you like to learn about wonderful pearls? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Here you will learn the wonders of pearl, the legends, formation, value, popularity, and history. You can also play games. So join the fun!
Pearls are usually white. Occasionally, you will come across black pearls. Some pearls are colored. When pearls are colored, they are most likely red, purple, yellow, violet or blue.
A large pearl takes three or more years to form. The pearl is formed in the ocean. Pearls are made of nacre (nay-kur). When a particle comes into the nacre oyster-forming mollusk, the mollusk or oyster covers the particle with nacre. The particle is trapped in the layers of nacre. This is how the pearl is formed.
Historically,
the best pearl come from the Persian Gulf. The biggest stock of natural pearls
resides in India. One of the first countries to start farming pearls was Japan.
The largest and finest pearls are produced in Burma’s pearl farms.
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