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2. Keshi pearl - Wikipedia

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   Assorted keshi pearls. Keshi pearls are small non-nucleated pearls typically formed as by-products of pearl cultivation. A Japanese word also meaning "poppy" (ケシ, 芥子), it is used in Japanese for all pearls that grew without a nucleus. Originally, keshi pearls referred to those pearls formed when a bead nucleus was rejected.

3. Magatama - Wikipedia

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   Magatama were commonly used to create necklaces and bracelets worn on the wrists or ankles. The necklace was typically constructed of jadeite magatama separated by cylindrical bored-holed pieces of jasper. Small beads of dark-blue glass are also not uncommon on the necklace.

4. Tide jewels - Wikipedia

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   Jewels, pearls, moons, and tides are common motifs among Indian, Chinese, and Japanese dragons. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] The nyoi-ju 如意珠 " cintamani ; wish-fulfilling jewel" in Japanese Buddhism , [ 1 ] magic jewels of Nāga kings in Hindu mythology , and the pearl associations of Chinese dragons in Chinese mythology .

5. 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.

6. Kokichi Mikimoto - Wikipedia

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   Kokichi Mikimoto (Japanese: 御木本 幸吉, Hepburn: Mikimoto Kōkichi, 25 January 1858 – 21 September 1954) was a Japanese entrepreneur who is credited with creating the first cultured pearl and subsequently starting the cultured pearl industry with the establishment of his luxury pearl company Mikimoto.

7. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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   Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes.