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What you Should Know About Natural, Freshwater Pearls
Unlike cultured freshwater pearls, natural freshwater pearls of excellent quality are a bit difficult to find.
Because natural freshwater pearls are left up to nature and in spite of their imperfections, they are still more expensive than the best cultured pearls.
The process of making natural freshwater pearls is exactly the same with the process of making natural seawater pearls.
First, a foreign object finds its way inside the mussel or oyster. It can be anything from a parasite to a tiny pebble.
If the oyster isn’t able to take it out of its system, it will begin to feel irritated. To reduce its discomfort, it will start secreting nacre –
which is the stuff that pearls are made of.
How to Take Care of Freshwater Pearls
Freshwater pearls, whether they are natural or cultured, possess a soft surface which can easily be scratched or damaged. As such, it’s imperative
that you keep your pearl jewelry separate from other jewelries. It’s also better to place them inside a pouch rather than a jewelry box because
the latter’s surface can also cause nicks to appear in pearl jewelry.
Be careful about exposing pearl jewelry to chemicals. Spraying perfume while you’re wearing your pearl earrings can cause considerable damage to them over time.
It is best to spray perfume and then insert earrings.
You must also avoid spilling any liquid on them, especially when it has rather strong properties such as lemon and vinegar.
Make sure that you are using only jewelry cleaners specifically intended for pearl cleaning and nothing else. You cannot steam-clean pearls as well.
If you wish to preserve the luster of your pearls, you can use a drop of olive oil on them.
Pearl jewelry is amazing to possess not only because of its natural beauty but also because of the amount of hard work put into them.
Hard work by humans and nature combined.
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