ADDURN Sterling Silver Chocolate Double Sided Earring, 8mm x 8.5mm and 12mm-13mm

For centuries, pearls have been a symbol of beauty and purity. Today they are regarded as both classic and contemporary, coming in many more fashionable styles than your mother's traditional strand of pearls. Freshwater pearls are grown in special pearl farms. The mollusks are raised until they are old enough to accept the mother-of-pearl bead nucleus. Through a delicate surgical procedure, the technician implants the bead, then the mollusks are returned to the water and cared for while the pearl forms. not all produce a pearl, and not all pearls produced are high quality. Over 10,000 pearls may be sorted before a single strand of beautifully matched pearls is assembled.