Beautiful Burnt Purple Biwa Pearl StringPrice is per 15 inch string of these beautiful 7mm pearls. The least expensive cultured pearls today rival the most expensive natural pearls ever found. Natural freshwater pearls occur in mussels for the same reason saltwater pearls occur in oysters. Foreign material inside a mussel can't be expelled. To reduce irritation, the mollusk coats the intruder with the same secretion it uses for shell building, nacre. To cultivate a pearl, farmers slit the

and reflected light of mother of pearl has attracted the attention of human beings since the beginning of the world

These unusual beads are strung together as pictured - hangs 8 inches (16 inches opened)

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and softens the light shining through it to give a pearly moon-like glow appearing different whenever the stone changes position

Price is for 16-inch string of these beautiful 16mm x 12mm x 5mm puff opal beads - about 25 to the string

Each bead is handmade under the flame

The overall purpose of all mala beads is to create a sense of tranquillity and inner-peace for not only the individual

harmony and prosperity will occur

Most opal has this play of colours except "Common Opal" a name give to all others

Each brick measures 14mm x 10mm

and is any quartz crystal or cluster thats yellow to orange

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