Information on Majorica Pearls
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Before the financial meltdown? From the information on Majorica pearls Antique Jewelry Investor has uncovered, it turns out, you don't need Oysters for Pearls Girls! Environmentally responsible citizens also prefer to steer away from marine environments in search of pearl jewelry alternatives. It isn't just our marine environments and tropical rain-forests, under threat today. So is our wallet! Read about "Iffy" Gold- Mining Methods Here... Majorica pearls or Mallorca pearls is the name given to man-made pearls, first made over 100 years ago on the Spanish island of Majorca in the Mediterranean. Digging a little deeper for information on Majorica Pearls, we discover that the Spanish company by the same name "Majorica" was founded in the year 1890 by a German immigrant named, Eduardo Hugo Heusch. The early production of these types of pearls goes back even further to the 17th century in Paris, when a French rosary maker, by the name of Jacquin , began the process of making artificial pearls, using a hollow sphere of glass and lining them with a preparation made from fish scales to give the glass beads a pearly lustre. The interior was then filled with wax for weight and strength. Majorica pearls are a modern development of Jacquin's early pioneering efforts, producing a pearl imitation that has a close appearance to Natural Pearls. The people who wear Majorica pearl include the rich and famous and members of the british royal family, who would rather eschew an authenticity certificate or a designer label, for a strand of pearls that would fool the pearl gods themselves, and put a smile on an oyster's face. On planet-pearl, the term "organic pearls" usually refers to Cultured Pearls or Natural Pearls, but Majorica are setting new pearl grading standards that would make Mr Mikimoto blush.
How Majorica Pearls are MadeFish scales are used to coat the core of the "pearl" in a similar process that Jacquin used way back in the 17th century in France.The exact technical process, of how Majorica pearls are actually produced today, remains a closely guarded secret, but what we do know from books containing rare, old information on pearls is that trained Majorica pearl experts today, create an artificial nuclei by hand with the assistance of custom-made machinery. The resultant artificial nuclei is then dipped repeatedly in what's called, "essence d'-orient" and before the final coating, it undergoes ultraviolet radiation. After several scale coatings, the pearl is polished and then finally dipped into the exotic fish-scale mixture once again, for a perfect mirror finish. Identifying Majorica PearlsWhen identifying imitation pearls from Natural Pearls the key is in Perfection. Majorica pearls are perfect; perfectly matched and perfectly rounded. In comparison, no two wild Natural pearls are alike.One of most attractive features of a Natural pearl, is that each little pearl will have a certain blemish, something like a birthmark or fingerprint that make a natural pearl unique and extremely valuable. Majorica Pearls on the other hand, are much more affordable pearls, that do not disturb natural marine environments and are a pearl perfection.
Reference: 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorica 2. Tamsin Blanchard, The Independent (London), June 20, 1995. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4723046.html
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