Large Shiny Enchanting Silver Pearl Nugget Beads dyed pearls by filling a cavity in

by filling a cavity in a host rock - although it is usually in round nodules with bands looking like eyes in the rings of a tree trunk

This is ancient coral that has been replaced by agate so slowly that the flower-like patterns of the original coral remained intact

mass-production today makes them affordable

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Large Shiny Enchanting Silver Pearl Nugget Beads dyed pearls by filling a cavity inPrice is per 15 inch string of these lustrous pearls. Largest in the strand is about 10mm x 9mm x 9mm about 39 pearls to the string. Cultured pearls Most pearls these days are cultured. These 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.