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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4503918, member: 2844"]Really pretty necklace, Simona. Cultured baroque pearls. </p><p>Cultured is the human encouragement [USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER] mentioned. A piece of mollusc tissue is placed inside the mollusc, and in order to protect itself from the 'intruder' the mollusc begins to produce nacre, and a pearl is made.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe a slower growth process with higher density? Just speculating.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4503918, member: 2844"]Really pretty necklace, Simona. Cultured baroque pearls. Cultured is the human encouragement [USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER] mentioned. A piece of mollusc tissue is placed inside the mollusc, and in order to protect itself from the 'intruder' the mollusc begins to produce nacre, and a pearl is made. Maybe a slower growth process with higher density? Just speculating.;)[/QUOTE]
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