Unusual Aurora Borealis Pearls - 7mm x 6mmPrice is per 15 inch string of these unusual pearls. Size: 7mm x 6mm. 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. To cultivate a pearl, farmers slit the mussel and insert small

pearly luster - occurring in black

Price is per 15-inch string of these natural beads

and the larger and more transparent the stone: the more value

NOTE: Colour and shape  is bit darker than the picture and the shape is like a wheel

Alchemists thought it was created from the rays of the setting sun

Note: Some in the string may be slightly different size (less than 1mm) or thickness

Price is for 20gms of these 3mm steel beads - about 200

Over 100 years ago

Looks just like Moonstone - for the inner child

Lapis is still mined in the remote mountains of Afghanistan

not only from teachers

Fantastic colours - red