Sunday, July 20, 2008

sterling silver accessories



Make sure that you are using only jewelry cleaners specifically intended for pearl cleaning and nothing else. You can not steam-clean pearls as well. If you wish to preserve the luster of your pearls, you can use a drop of olive oil on them.

Pearl jewelry is amazing to possess not only because of its natural beauty but also because of the amount of hard work put into them. Hard work by humans and nature combined.

Since times immemorial, pearls have been used widely to make stunning jewelry. More than two thousand years ago in China, the first pearl was used an offering for the emperor, as pearls in those times were regarded to be extremely valuable.

Naturally, the royal family was keen on owning these immaculate pearls to use them to make exquisite accessories. Pearls were not only used for making jewelry but also used to adorn the royal crowns. Soon, pearls were being used to make elegant furniture and even decorate tombs.

Historical evidence suggests that Queen Dowager Cixi's tomb was decorated using 20,000 pearls and one of the pearls was almost as large as an egg. In olden times, natural pearls were used and pearl hunting was therefore in full swing.

Being not so easily found, pearls were priceless for the rich and elite class. The obsession for pearls grew so much that common people were not allowed to wear pearls in some countries making it a privilege only of the nobles. Pearls today signify purity and are synonymous with timeless beauty and grace.Freshwater pearls are the richest but most luster on its surface. When you are on line you can find a lot of different pearls on jewelry wholesale store, you can get all kinds color of them and make your choose of your favourite. It provides you freshwater pearl beads, single strand necklace freshwater pearl strands, freshwater pearl neckalce, coral necklace, freshwater pearl ring, freshwater pearl earrings, freshwater pearl pendant, pearl beads wholesaleby wholesale pearl jewelry. I hope you can get whatever you like.

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