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Our mother of pearl jewelry comes in a variety of styles, including:
- mother of pearl rings
- mother of pearl pendants
- mother of pearl earrings
- mother of pearl necklaces
- mother of pearl bracelets
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Learn more about Mother of Pearl
Mother of Pearl is the common name for the iridescent nacre found inside oyster shells.
It is the same substance that is deposited around an object that becomes lodged in
the oyster to become a pearl. Some past cultures regarded colorful pieces of mother of
pearl as more desirable than pearls for jewelry and other objects. For example, before
the 19th century, Japanese shell divers who found pearls didn’t bother to keep them,
and it was said that Polynesian children used pearls as marbles. See our selection of
Mother of Pearl jewelry.
Pearl of Wisdom:
In the late 1800s, oysters in Northwestern Australia were primarily farmed for the lucrative mother-of-pearl button and inlay trade.
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