Baroque Pearls For Real Artistry

Baroque pearls, sounds exotic doesn't it? What makes them baroque? Baroque refers to the shape of the pearls and in this case it just means that they are irregular in shape.

During the Renaissance, baroque pearls were highly prized by jewelers for their interesting shapes and were often used as the body for complicated designs along with gold and other precious gems. These pearls can be made into one of a kind jewelry and are often used in necklaces.

Baroque pearls can be grown in freshwater and saltwater mollusks. Because they are free forming within the shell, the shape will not be uniform. Although spherical pearls are more valuable as a rule, baroque pearls are real pearls.

Pearls form when something foreign is introduced into the mollusk. This can be a bead of shell or a piece of matle tissue in cultured pearls. The mollusk produces nacre to wall of the intruder and the nacre is what gives the pearl its luster.

Anything foreign is naturally ejected by the shell. Sometimes the implanted beads are ejected before nacre formation is complete and nacre continues to form in the mantle resulting in the free form shape of the baroque pearl.

Keshi and akoya can be baroque pearls. Keshi are free-forming pearls without a nucleus. Akoya pearls are cultured by the implantation of beads and can result in baroque shapes when two beads are implanted too closely together. The most expensive baroque pearls are the Tahitian and South Sea varieties. If you want something a little different from traditional pearl jewelry, a baroque piece will give you something unique.

 


 

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