Top Quality Grade Real Pearl Wedding Jewelry From Timeless Pearl

 

Is your marriage right around the corner? The wedding preparations are in full swing, and you are waiting breathlessly for the big day. You are almost done with the shopping part. However, you have not yet purchased the jewelry. All across the globe, jewelry plays a crucial role in enhancing the bride's beauty.  

 

Countless styles

 

The selection of jewelry can be a challenging aspect and requires days of planning. If you want to make an impression, then you will have to pick the right designs. Explore the website of Timeless Pearl for unique designs in Pearl Wedding Jewelry. You will be able to get a stylish appearance with subtle designs.

 

·         Making a suitable choice

 

Pick your choice in Pearl Wedding Jewelry from a wide array of styles. There are two schools of thought regarding this precious gemstone. In certain cultures, this gemstone is considered bearers of good luck, while other cultures claim that they bring bad luck. According to Greek mythology, the tears of joy originate from Aphrodite's eyes, the Goddess of Love. These glistening objects are known for their beauty.

 

·         Different classifications

 

In recent times jewelry carved out of this stone has become immensely popular among the people on account of their flawless appearance. Such items do not lose their appeal within a short period. They may be classified based on size, color, and texture. Depending upon the origin, the classifications may be divided into two categories, namely freshwater and saltwater pearls. These items are developed in oysters, and the saltwater ones are expensive than their cultured counterparts. 

·         Attain an elegant look

 

Brides who want to don a classic style may want to go in for traditional designs. Some of the examples in this category are studs, teardrop earrings, or simple necklaces. If you are thinking of wearing a gown with a high neck or off the shoulder neckline, then you may want to avoid pearl necklaces. They will not be in sync with the design of the gown. In contrast, bracelets and a set of earrings will look stylish.

 

·         Layering concept

 

A collar length necklace will be appropriate for those brides who want to wear a boat neck neckline. Chokers will also be an excellent choice under such circumstances. If you have an adventurous streak within you but at the same time want to retain a classic style, then you may want to opt for mismatched shapes. Incorporate additional sparkle to your décor through the concept of layering tennis and chain bracelets.

 

Taking a prudent call

 

You should be careful in the selection of a supplier for bridal jewelry. The supplier should have an established name in the industry. They should be certified and possess refined skills. The company should adhere to the quality standards of relevant authorities. It is sensible to research diligently on the net to find out the prominent names in the industry. Check out the reviews of the past clients before reaching a decision. The feedback will help you to reach a decision quickly.

 

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Pearl Processing & Treatments: What Happens After Harvesting?

Unlike gemstones, pearls are created by a natural process and come out of the mollusk requiring no cutting or polishing. But that doesn’t mean pearls are not treated at all after being harvested from their mollusks.

Some processes and treatments are commonplace, acceptable, and enhance the cultured pearls, while others can be damaging to the pearls and even deceiving to the customers.

Let’s shed some light on what treatments you can expect, and which you should try to avoid.

Pearl Treatments Explained

•       Cleaning: After extraction, pearls are washed by tumbling them in rotating barrels with salt added to remove particles and odor. For high-quality pearls, this is often the only treatment they undergo.

• Polishing: Most pearls are also polished after cleaning. The polishing material consists of natural products, like slivers of bamboo, eucalyptus leaves, or ground walnut shells. An oily medium, like beeswax, is added to the mixture, and pearls are gently tumbled to smooth out small imperfections and enhance their luster. This process is done without chemical interventions, as chemicals can affect the nacre-quality.

• Bleaching: Many pearls are bleached to lighten and even out the color. This is mostly done on lower-quality pearls with a thin layer of nacre. The first layer of nacre covering the core of the pearl is darker than the other layers, but with enough layers, this darker color is hidden. If a pearl has been bleached, it usually is a sign that the pearl is of low quality, however, it may also be bleached to satisfy a market that prefers their pearls to be as near to white as possible. 

• Drilling holes: If a pearl is used in a design where a hole is needed, like a necklace, a hole will be drilled through the pearl.

• Filling cracks and holes: Lower quality and baroque pearls may have hollow areas or a loose nucleus. These are sometimes filled with an epoxy, which makes them more solid and improves durability. Fillings are very difficult to spot with the naked eye as colors are matched with that of the pearl.

• Dyeing: Pearls are sometimes dyed to satisfy a fashion trend or to create a color that is rare to find, like gold. Pearls can also be dyed to make it easier to match a strand of pearls. Without intervention, it can take years to find enough pearls of the same color to complete a string of pearls. Depending on the quality of the dye-work, dyeing can be completely undetectable or it could be easy to spot if colors look unnatural or too perfect. Dyeing isn’t necessarily a bad thing, as long as that is disclosed and the customer knows up-front what they’re buying. Timeless Pearl always discloses whether a pearl has been dyed in the product description.

• Coating: Pearls can also be coated with a clear, lustrous coating to improve the luster of the pearl. This improvement is temporary as the coating can peel off over time, exposing the inferior luster underneath. 

• Heat treatment: Heat treatments can be used to transform white pearls into gold, to darken pearl colors, or to enhance the luster artificially.

How Do You Know If Your Pearls Were Treated?

When you buy pearls from us, you can expect that all pearls are cleaned, most will be polished, and holes will be drilled where needed. Dyed pearls will be marked as such. Other treatments may depend on the farmers the pearls were sourced from. If you are unsure if any of the pearls in our shop have been treated, get in touch.

If you bought your pearls from another shop and you’d like to find out whether it has undergone any treatments, you can send your pearls to a lab to be tested. Most treatments can be picked up by using a loupe glass or using equipment like a UV spectroscopy to detect heat treatment.

Resource: timelesspearl.com/blogs

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A GUIDE TO BUYING YOUR FIRST PEARLS

Have you dreamed of owning your own pearls since you first saw Breakfast at Tiffany’s? Audrey Hepburn has iconized pearls and inspired women all over the world with her now classic strand of pearls, so we understand the enchantment!

Buying your first piece of pearl jewelry can be intimidating (what color do you choose, what type?), but once you know what to look for, it can be an exhilarating experience that will leave you feeling glamorous. With these handy tips below, we’re confident you can pick out the perfect piece of pearl jewelry that truly represents the best of you!

Factors Influencing the Price

First, you need to know the difference between natural and cultured or farmed pearls. Natural pearls are grown in the wild without any human interference while cultured pearls need humans to cultivate them. Natural pearls are extremely rare and much more expensive than their farmed cousins. Most pearls currently used in jewelry are cultured unless it explicitly states they are natural.

Six factors determine the value and price of pearl jewelry: size, luster, shape, color, surface, and match. The higher the quality of the pearls, the more valuable they are and, of course, the more expensive. If you need to decide whether to go for a higher quality or bigger sized pearls to fit in with your budget, go for higher quality.

Personal Style

It is important that you choose pearl jewelry that fits your personal style and suits your skin tone. Many women believe that your first pearls should be a classic white strand, which works for many women, but if that’s not your style, choose something you know you’re going to love wearing.

Where you want to wear the pearls– for work, formal events, or in a casual setting– will affect which kind of jewelry you choose.

The color you choose is a great way to show your personal style. Just remember that colors can limit the clothing choices. Classic, white pearls are versatile, can be dressed up or down, and can fit in with almost any outfit. Darker pearls such as black, silver, and chocolate can be exotic, bold, and dramatic. Softer colors like pink, peach, and lavender are fun, flirty, and young – a perfect choice for spring and summer.

The shape you choose is also an important factor. There are many shapes available, ranging from perfectly round to drop, button, oval, and baroque pearls.

How to Care for Your Pearls

If you look after your pearls well, they can remain in good condition for a lifetime. Chemicals are not good for pearls and will eventually dull the pearls’ luster. Keep them away from perfume, makeup, and hairspray.

Wipe the pearls with a soft cloth after you wear them and store them separately from other jewelry to avoid scratching.

Tips on Buying Your First Pearls

When choosing a retailer to buy from, keep these factors in mind:

• The color of pearls may look different from a photo or inside a shop depending on the light. Choose a retailer with a return policy in place.
• Select a retailer who specializes in pearl jewelry as other jewelers may not have the necessary knowledge to advise you.
• Don’t pick pearl jewelry according to brands. High-quality pearls are available to retailers no matter their size. Branded jewelry may be more expensive just because of the brand name, not the quality.
• Retailers who buy directly from the farmers can sell high-quality pearls at a much more affordable price.
• Make sure you buy real pearls. You’ll be able to spot the difference with this guide.

If you need any help choosing your first organic gems or buying pearls online, feel free to contact Ying of Timeless Pearl for advice.
Blog Source: https://timelesspearl.com/buying-your-first-pearls/

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A Bond Entrenched: the Oyster and the Pearl

There is a special bond that exists between an oyster and a pearl by virtue of the way a pearl is formed. If a grain or another object slips in between the shell and the mantle of an oyster, irritation is created. The oyster carefully and patiently coats the intruder with nacre – layer by layer – until an exceptional being is created: a beautiful pearl.

If you looked

Inside my heart

You’d see

All the rhythms

Of my life

Breathed

A perfect pearl

Into perfect being

And holds it

For safe

Keeping.

–         SilviAlcivar

The bond between the pearl and the oyster is akin to the precious bond that exists between a mother and child, two best friends, and a husband and wife. No relationship is flawless. But when a bond is powerful enough, an “irritation” will be forgiven and love will triumph.

Because it’s true

That when

I breathe

My lungs

Make laughter

That sounds out

Your name,

Every part of me

Loves every piece

Of you

Every moment

I breathe

Us

Into

Being.

–          SilviAlcivar

Not all pearls are perfect – some have uneven shapes like baroque pearls. But, sometimes, these unique shapes and imperfections are what make them so special and beautiful. Think of your wife, your mother, or your daughter. She’s not perfect, but just like a baroque pearl, she’s unique and special. She has her own story, one that defines her and makes her different. The most beautiful woman is one that carries her imperfections with grace and poise.

To know grace

Feel

The power

Of gratitude

Touching your heart

Like a pearl pendant

Strung on a string

Of thank you’s

Whispered

By your

Every

Breath.

–          SilviAlcivar

Pearls are “living” organisms that can stay alive for a lifetime, for several generations. Pearls become even more dazzling over time; they obtain an added gleam from absorbing the oil from your skin. Even more extraordinary, these jewels rub their nutrition off onto the human body. They contain numerous minerals, amino acids, and a high concentration of calcium that acts as a relaxant. The pearl attitude is one of giving the best of itself to the one who loves them.

Blog Source: http://liveattheivy.com/bond-entrenched-oyster-and-the-pearl/

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10 Ways to Tell a Real Pearl

Tired and True ways to tell a REAL PEARL from a FAKE ONE!

Pearls have always been one of women’s favorite jewelry. In the market there is a wide range of pearl jewelry, and it is often difficult for consumers to distinguish the real pearls from the fake ones.

Here are 10 simple rules:

1. Observation
   Pearls are unique. When you look at each pearl on a necklace, the color, shape, size and luster the pearls are not all exactly the same. Because they have been made by nature, each pearl has its individual “personality.” Fake pearls usually have the same size and shape.
2. Shape
   True pearls do not have a particularly neat shape. Naturally grown pearls are very difficult to have a necklace all the same shapes, especially those that are rounded or pearls that is particularly uniform in size. The perfect pearl is so rare, that’s why perfect pearls with big size and good luster usually sell for hundreds of thousand dollars.
3. Touch
   Even when the weather is hot, true pearls have a sense of cool. Plastic beads generally feel warm. Real pearls give a sense of cool when they are in your hand, while imitation pearls have a sticky feeling when rolling and sliding. If the imitation pearls are pure glass beads, the weight is usually heavier than real pearls, but if imitation beads are waxed glass, it will only have about half of the weight of real pearls.If you hold one pearl in each hand (could be from the same necklace) and rub them against each other, there is a sense of an uneven feeling (jerky rough feel) If the pearls are real, then a pearl powder will be produced when you rub them together. But if the pearls are fake, they will have a slip or smooth surface.NOTE: don’t be afraid to rub the pearls together, it will not harm your real pearls. Just blow away the powder and your pearls will still have their usual luster.
4. Sound
   When you shake and knock an entire string of pearls, the real pearls will have a softer more comfortable sound and the fakes will sound thin or tinny. If you bite a real pearl and scrape it slightly with your teeth, you can feel and hear the sandy, grainy surface of the pearl. But a fake pearl will be slippery with no sound. And if the fake is plastic, sometime your teeth will make depressions in the pearl.
5. Magnifier observation.
   Use 5x or 10x magnifying glass to observe the pearl surface, if they are real pearls (including natural pearl and cultured pearls), the surface seems to be grown as grain, like the wind over the dunes; but, if you see rugged eggshell surface, then they are imitation pearls.

The above 5 ways described are generally used for pearl identification and will not damage your pearls. However, the following 5 ways is for Professionals only.

6. Knife
   With a knife or scissors scraping the surface of the real pearl, it will only fall a number of powder; and in the artificial coated beads scraping, blowing a layer of film will expose the true face of the glass; if uncoated glass beads scraping action, it just gives a smooth feeling.
7. Fire
   When you mild burn the pearls with a lighter, surface seems to be intact, still shiny, no odor; when burning time is extended to two minutes or more, there would be a popping sound, shedding phenomenon occurs when the layer of beads with a fingernail scratch. Plastic imitation pearls mild burning smell bad, pearls lose their luster, and burning fire occurs, while the surface is like a black pot, washed off the surface, exposing the bead core.
8. Bounce test
   Drop the pearl from 60 cm height on a piece of glass, the rebound height should around 35 cm. Under the same test conditions, imitation pearls’ rebound height is much worse.
9. Chemical solution
   Put the pearl into acetone solution, glorious should be as usual. Imitation pearls will lose total luster within one minute under the same conditions. Pearl’s relative density is about 2.73, and can dissolve in hydrochloric acid, but no reaction in case of imitation pearls.
10. Polarizer observation
    Pearls are almost all light or semi-transparent; while imitation pearls have a transparent layer and do not have a uniform torus.

What are real pearls?

The real pearls are grown in the ocean or freshwater shellfish, suffering (or artificial implants) body and foreign objects friction stimulation, the fluid secreted by the body to foreign material forms layers of pearls wrapped ball formed body.

There are two categories of pearls: Natural pearls and cultured pearls.

The cultured pearl market is broken down into saltwater cultured pearls and freshwater cultured pearls. About 99% of the pearls on the market today are cultured freshwater pearls.

In terms of color, there are natural colored pearls and artificially colored pearls.

The biggest difference between saltwater pearls and freshwater pearls is the structure: whether natural or cultured, freshwater pearls are nuclear-free (except for Edison pearls), all the ingredients are by nacre composition, so most of the pearl powders used today are made of freshwater pearls.

The saltwater pearls are nucleated, which generally consists of nuclear mussel shells trotters ground, covering the surface nacre thickness 0.1-0.3 mm. Therefore, the saltwater pearl powder would consist of a small majority of nacre shell powder, which is not good for medicinal or cosmetic products. If you need 100% saltwater pearl powder, you first must remove the core, so the cost is very high and the process is not easy. That’s also why saltwater pearl powders are more expensive than freshwater ones.

Because saltwater pearls always have a kernel, most of their regular shapes are round. As they have a shiny crystal clear center, they are easy to be used for ornaments or jewelry. Only a small part of the irregular shape saltwater pearls are used to make pearl powder, so the whole production quantity is far lower than freshwater pearls.

Saltwater pearl production is very low, as generally three mother of pearl shells produce only one pearl. As you can imagine, freshwater pearl production is relatively high. You can easily find 6-8 freshwater pearls inside the mother shell. That’s part of the reason why the price of saltwater pearls is so much higher than freshwater pearls. In the past, most freshwater pearls are rice shaped or irregular shaped with a low shiny effect, so there is only a small part of freshwater pearls that will be used to make ornaments or jewelry.

What are fake pearls?

The so-called fake pearls, refers to all or part of the artificial production of imitations and alternatives; because of their strong simulation to real pearls, these fakes often cause difficult true chaos. There are fake pearls such as waxed glass beads; solid glass beads or glass beads coated fake pearls.

Most fake pearls on the market today are made in the following five ways:

1. Waxed glass beads imitation – that is full of paraffin in the hollow of opalescent glass round pellets. Such imitation bead density, generally less than 1.5 g / mm3, the weigh is very light, and can be distinguished easily.
2. Solid glass beads imitation – Coming milky solid glass balls soaked in the “pearl of semen” together. Drilling observed at 15 times the magnifying glass, you could see a very thin layer of “pearl of semen”. If you struck with a needle it will fall into pieces, but not the small scale-like powder.
3. Plastic beads coated imitation – that is plated with a thin layer “pearl of semen” in milky white plastic balls, the surface was coated with a magnifying glass like pimples evenly distributed, as natural pearls and cultured pearls as real smooth paste. If you struck with a needle, not fine powder would be found.
4. Imitation pearl beads – because it is made of polished shells with nacre on thick, very round, has a similar pearl luster, its density has no big difference from real pearls. The best way to identify it is to put it before a strong light source; under the light transmittance you can often see obvious parallel strips, which are traces of pearl powder into a layer.
5. Shell powder synthetic beads – by definition, it is made with shell (black shells removed) after adding powdered adhesive inside.
   
   Blog Source: http://timelesspearl.com/10-ways-to-tell-a-real-pearl/

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