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2. Baroque pearl - Wikipedia

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   Cultured saltwater pearls can also be baroque, but tend to be more teardrop-shaped due to the use of a spherical nucleation bead. Nowadays, most jewelry stores selling baroque pearl jewelry offer cultured freshwater pearls rather than wild freshwater pearls, which are significantly more expensive. Cultured freshwater pearls are affordable and ...

3. Suffrage jewellery - Wikipedia

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   An Art Nouveau era Suffragette pendant set with amethyst, pearl, and peridot. A Suffragette brooch set with amethyst, pearl, and peridot. The suffragettes, in particular, successfully embraced the language of contemporary fashion - including its emphasis on delicate femininity - as a strategy for increasing the popular appeal of their movement and dodging the stereotype of the 'masculine ...

4. Cultured freshwater pearls - Wikipedia

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   A bead crochet necklace made from crochet lace, sterling silver, and freshwater pearls. Cultured freshwater pearls are pearls that are farmed and created using freshwater mussels. These pearls are produced in Japan and the United States on a limited scale, but are now almost exclusively produced in China. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission ...

5. Cultured pearl - Wikipedia

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   The cultured pearls on the market today can be divided into two categories. The first category covers the beaded cultured pearls, including Akoya, South Sea, Tahiti, and the large, modern freshwater pearl, the Edison pearl. These pearls are gonad-grown, and usually one pearl is grown at a time. This limits the number of pearls at a harvest period.

6. Pearl - Wikipedia

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   Tahitian pearls, frequently referred to as black pearls, [19] are highly valued because of their rarity; the culturing process for them dictates a smaller volume output and they can never be mass-produced because, in common with most sea pearls, the oyster can only be nucleated with one pearl at a time, while freshwater mussels are capable of ...

7. Necklace - Wikipedia

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   Women typically wore simpler pieces, such as gold chains, or strung beads or pearls. [11] By the end of the period, larger, more heavily adorned pieces were common among the wealthy, particularly in Italy. [11] 1500–1600: Long pearl ropes and chains with precious stones were commonly worn. [4]