Pearls, Pink, Button Shape

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Small, light pink "button" shape pearls with nice luster. 3x4mm on 16-inch strands Button pearls are slightly domed on one side and flat on the other which generally makes them les s expensive than round pearls. However, when regular in shape, as these are, they are very attractive. You can play with stringing them different ways: flat ends facing each other or rounded sides facing each other or all facing one way... Pearls are formed inside bivalves (similar to oysters), which coat any foreign substance that gets inside their shell with a smooth layer of pearly nacre to eliminate the irritation. This coating grows over time increasing the pearl's luster and size. The color is influenced by minerals in the water. The Chinese cultured some pearls in the 12th or 13th century, but the Japanese developed it into an industry in the 1890s, inserting mother-of-pearl beads as the basis of their cultured pearls. Show more