Oriental Emerald Green 5mm Biwa PearlsPrice is per 15 inch string of these beautiful 5mm pearls. The least expensive cultured pearls today rival the most expensive natural pearls ever found. 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

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Brighter coloured Indian moonstone is cheaper

Price is per 15-inch string of these unusual freshwater pearls

Jasper brings contentment

Price is per ring

This unusual Tibetan buffalo-bone mala necklace is made from 108 x 9mm beads

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where it represents status

Generally pearls assume the coluor of the shell in which they form

Price is per 16-inch string of about 122 of these beautiful sky-blue genuine (NOT reconstituted) Chinese turquoise beads

Each ring measures 12mm x 4mm and 8mm x 3mm drilled top to bottom ready to string