The savvy jewelry designers at Girlie Girls Jewelry have an exceptional handmade bracelet design with Mother of Pearl
and Bali silver. The Mother of Pearl stones are smooth, creamy white and have a luminescent glow about them, which contrast the ornate
Bali beads. You’ll be sure to receive complements on this well designed, handmade bracelet design; it’s so versatile that you'll love to
wear it often.
Girlie Girls are always on the lookout for new and creative jewelry designs that will complete their polished look – this handmade bracelet design fits those requirements and more. Place your order today.
Mother-of-pearl is defined as the hard, smooth, pearly, iridescent nacreous layers that make up the inner surface of a pearl-producing
mollusk's shell. The funny thing is, no one seems to mind that it isn't really a pearl's mother at all. In fact, it should probably be
called house-of-pearl. The pearl's mother is the living mussel, for it is the living organism that lays down the aragonite and calcite
that forms both the nacre of the pearl and mother-of-pearl – who knew?
Mother of Pearl is sometimes called Nacre, is not actually a crystal, but is obtained from the internal lining of either
the pearl oyster shell or the abalone shell. It brings with it the gentle healing powers of the seas. Mother of Pearl is both relaxing
and soothing to the emotions. It is considered both a stress relieving stone and a very protective stone.
Throughout history, certain cultures have placed little or no value on pearls and have focused instead on luminescent mother-of-pearl
from mollusk shells. Before the 19th century, Japanese shell divers who found pearls apparently did not bother to keep them. Polynesian
children are said at one time to have used pearls as marbles. These and other peoples harvested pearl oysters for their shells, using
the mother-of-pearl for decoration. Abalone was also popular with many groups, including those in the Americas: people ate the flesh
of the mollusks and used pieces of colorful abalone shell as inlay on carved objects made of wood, ivory and bone.
Metaphysical and healing lore information is for inspirational and entertainment purposes only. Please see a healthcare professional for help with any ailments you are experiencing.
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