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Table of Contents

About the book

Copyright

Preface

About the author

What is Pearl Gemstone

What is Cultured Pearl Stone?

History of Pearl Hunting

Ban on Pearl Hunting

Types of Pearl Stone

Keshi Pearl Gemstone

Black Pearl

South Sea Pearl Stone

How to Identify Pearl Stone

Where to Buy Pearl Gemstone Online

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About the book

This book has been written in mind keeping the concern that exactlyfaces by those individuals who want to buy original certified pearlgemstone. However, due to lack of knowledge about pearl stone they failto determine between natural and fake pearl stone. And history of thepearl stone where this stone is originated and who can wear this stone.By going through this book you will be aware with in and outs of pearlstone.

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Copyright

Author[Pearl.org.in]

Editor[Pearl.org.in]

Copyright © 2015 [Pearl.org.in]

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Preface

Since we know that gemstones holds a certain amount of importance inour lives. They possesses enrich properties which they use to influencethe life of its wearer. As per astrology, there are nine gemstone whichhas authorized to affect the life of human being. These gemstones areattached with different planets and regarded to possess the powers ofnine planets. Keeping the above line as base, in this book everythingrelated with pearl gemstone is mentioned.

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About the Author

Pearl.org.in is an online e commerce site which deals in pearl gemstoneand other precious gemstones. As a gemstone dealer we understand ourresponsibility to educate, assist and aware people about gemstones,their importance, characteristics and price. Thus, in this book we havebeen comprising every possible detail about pearl gemstone whichwould definitely assist you in purchasing right gemstone.

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What is Pearl Gemstone

Pearl gemstone unlike other gemstones not found in rock or minedotherwise it is an organic gemstone which is basically spotted in to thedeep sea in the living creature mollusk. The pearl is composed of thecalcium which is stored on the edge of the concentric layer of themollusk.

However, the creation of pearl stone is a very time consuming. Thenatural pearl stone is being created accidentally when a parasite intrudesinside the bivalve mollusk, consequently, by the presence of parasiteinside the mollusk. Eventually, it gets annoyed by the sudden attack ofthe intruder and structures the pearl sac external mantle tissue cells andhides the calcium carbonate to cover the irritant parasite. This hidingprocess of calcium carbonate is repeated an innumerable number oftimes, and eventually; give birth to a natural pearl stone

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What is Cultured Pearl Stone?

T h e cultured pearl stone are those stones which are produced orcultivated with human intervention or, in other words, it is impossible toharvest cultured pearl stone without human intervention. Usually, thisstone is produced when a parasite (irritant) is intentionally implantedinside the oyster of a shell of mussel. Eventually, by implanting an irritantinside the mussel of shell, causing the mollusk of the shell to get irritatedby the intruder parasite as a result pearl sac of external mantle tissuecells secretes the calcium carbonate and conchiolin to cover the irritant.Ultimately, due to the continuation of this process cultured pearl stone isproduced which look similar to the natural pearl stone.

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History of Pearl Hunting

Pearl Hunting is the process of spotting or extracting eye catchy pearlstones deep inside from the sea. The history of hunting of the pearlstone lies back in ancient times. It has been conferred that near about2000 years ago the pearl hunting process was commenced. According tohistorians the hunt for pearl stone had been commenced by pandays ofsouth India. They used to dive deep in the sea to gather the natural pearlstone from the oyster’s beds. The main intention behind there hunt wasto trade these captivating pearl stones in foreign markets.

Gradually, the trend of hunting pearl stone had been escalated acrossthe world and in countries like Japan and Gulf of Mannar initiated toplunge in the sea to collect finest quality pearl stones. However,nowadays due to emergence of new technologies the job of huntingpearl stone has not remained complicated like earlier times.

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Ban on Pearl Hunting

Likewise, in earlier times, the sea workers had only basic equipment'sand technologies that were not sufficient to support their survival deepinside the sea. In most of the cases they used to grip a mouthed basketto gather the pearl oysters and cover their nostrils with cotton cloth toblock the entry of water they often used tortoise shell and greased theirbody to preserve heat. Due to the extreme complications involved in theprocess of discovering natural pearl stone and the limited availability ofnatural pearl stone. In fact around mid of the 19th centuries; it wasalmost rare to find a natural pearl oyster and during this period theinferior quality pearl stones were spotted hugely.And, considering thedanger amount of danger involve in this activity, governments of almostall countries banned pearl hunting.

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Types of Pearl Stone

Pearl stones are one of the most overwhelming gifts which nature hasendowed to humankind. Ever since the invention of pearl stone, it hasbeen used enormously by the emperors and queens in their wardrobe.Nevertheless, even nowadays due to its scintillating color and enrichproperties this stone has widely been used in the form of jewelry. Since,we know that the natural pearl stones are extremely rare to spot.Therefore, in order to satisfy the humongous demand of the users, pearlstones are cultivated or farmed inside the sea by human beings and theyhave been revered as cultured pearl stone. Cultured pearl stones arebeing produced or farmed in bounteous quantity at different regionsworldwide. Therefore, throughout the world, different types of pearlstones are spotted. And, it has been named differently as per their originand quality. So, in today's post we will discuss different types of pearlstone that exist in the world.

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Keshi Pearl Gemstone

Keshi pearl stone, in fact, being produced due to repercussion processduring the creation of cultured pearl stone. In reality, Keshi pearl stonesare not manufactured intentionally, however, while seeding the culturedpearl stone mistakenly a piece of mantle muscle from a sacrificed oysteris placed with a bead of mother of pearl within the oyster. Whileperforming this process, if one of the piece of the mantle slips off thebead, consequently, a piece of pearl forms baroque shape about themantle piece of the nacre. A keshi pearl is minor in size and it is largelybeing produced or cultivated in the freshwater of China.

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Black Pearl

Black pearl stone or Tahitian pearl stone are extremely rare to find,therefore, these stones are highly valued. The reason behind their lowproduction is that the cultured technique which is in place to cultivate orimplant black pearl or Tahitian stone does not concede to implant morethan one pearl seed in nacre. Thus, the production of Tahitian or blackpearl stone is reduced in the course of time. However, due to theintroduction of new techniques like freshwater mussels allow to implantmore than one seed of pearl at a time. Due to the emergence of newtechnologies; black pearl stone are largely being harvested from Tahitianand oceans of Fiji and Thailand.

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South Sea Pearl Stone

The pearl stone manufactured by Pinctada maxima pearl oyster is calledsouth sea pearl stone. The color of the stones produced in the south seacan be white, silver, pink, cream and gold. South sea region is globallyfamous for their large production of cultured pearl stones. The pearlstones produced in the south sea regions are high in quality incomparison with other origins pearl stone.

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How to Identify Pearl Stone

Pearl is an auspicious cool nature gemstone of planet moon whichbestows peace of mind, remove ill effects caused by moon , anger etc.Apart from this due to its elegant appearance, people specially womenjust love to wear pearl gemstone in the form of pearl earrings, pearlnecklace, pearl ring. But due to presence of fake jewelry they get into thetrap of fake jewelers, who just want to make quick money. So now a daysdue to modern technique, it is very difficult to distinguish between anoriginal and fake pearl stone. But don't worry, here are few step by stepguidelines which will help you to buy a real pearl stone.

Rub the Pearl Against Your Teeth

To Find Out the natural pearl stone, hold the stone with your thumb andforefinger and gently keep it at biting edge of your teeth. And, press it abit and slightly rub it contrary to your teeth gently.If it is a natural pearl

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or moti stone so it has a slightly rough texture which you will experiencewhile doing this exercise.On the other hand a fake pearl stone will behighly smooth and won't feel any rough texture or friction against yourteeth.

Rub The Pearl Against Each Other

Another Way Of Checking that pearl whether pearl is original or not is tohold two pearl in your both hands. Make them face each other, and nowslightly rub them against each other , if while performing this exercise,you realize a fraction between stones so it is a real pearl stone. On theother hand a fake pearl stone is coated with smooth material which iswhy they don't ignite any fraction.

Feel For the Coolness of the touch

To identify a real pearl stone, you can do this trick as well. For this one,you have to take few pearl bead in your hand , remember not the oneyou have already worn, but the one which you are about to, hold themfor few second. A real pearl stone will feel cool in your hands for fewseconds. Before. it get warm.On the other hand, a fake pearl stone iscomposed of plastic so as you touch it you don't feel that coolness . So itaid you in distinguishing between a freshwater pearl stone and fake pearlstone.

Feel the weight of Pearl stoneTo check the originality of stone, hold a stone in your hand a bounce itup, and feel the weight of it. A real pearl stone will carry a significantweight. On the other hand a fake pearl or moti stone will have a lightweight.

So these are few step which you can keep in your mind while buying apearl stone. I hope this article has helped you to get insight details aboutpearl stone. If you liked it, do share it with you friends and familymember to increase awareness among them.

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Where to Buy Pearl Gemstone Online

A natural pearl gemstone is known to bring love, peace and wealth in thelife of a person. Therefore, a proper care must be taken while buying apearl stone. Always opt out for a natural certified pearl stone. But, herequestion arises that where to buy pearl stone online? thus in order tobuy natural certified pearl gemstone at low or reasonable rates you maypa a visit to this site: 9gem.com.

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