Oriental Pearl: A pearl that has formed naturally with no human intervention.
Ormolu: A term referring to gilded bronze or brass mounts. From the French for "ground gold" ...
Oriental pearls
Natural pearls found in the waters of the Persian Gulf. Due to pollution, production is almost non-existent nowadays.
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Oriental pearl - a pearl which forms normally without human intervention or creation.
Ormolu - This is a term which refers to gilded bronze or brass mounts. It comes from the French word meaning "ground gold" ...
Oriental Pearl - Natural pearl
Ormolu - Gilded bronze or brass mounts.
Oxidation - Chemical process to blacken or tarnish. Slphur and oxygen is used on silver.
Oriental pearl
Natural pearls found in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, or Gulf of Myanmar. Also, can be referred to a pearl occurring naturally in saltwater.
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Pearls formed by saltwater oysters are commonly known as oriental pearls and those produced by freshwater mollusks are called freshwater pearls. Our pearl stock is freshwater only, and like most other freshwater pearls, is cultured in China.
And no lady with a quarter of a yard of diamond and emerald bracelets up her arm or three yards of Oriental pearls about her pretty neck would today scorn a great star sapphire for her finger or a beryl bracelet for her less formal moments.
The finest pearls (called oriental pearl) are produced by the pearl oyster.
The modern scientific explanation is not nearly as romantic, but still quite fascinating: A natural pearl (often called an Oriental pearl) forms when an irritant works its way into a particular species of oyster, mussel or clam.
(c) It is unfair or deceptive to use the term "Oriental pearl" or any word, term, or phrase of like meaning to describe, identify, ...
Only saltwater cultured pearls can be referred to as "Oriental pearls." Any pearl described as South Sea pearls have to be from the areas generally known for that variety.
If the irritation is a naturally occurring grain of sand, it is an Oriental pearl. If it is produced by purposefully inserting a mother-of-pearl bead, a cultured pearl is formed.
The fine Oriental pearls frequently have a creamy tint. Among fresh water pearls the creamy tint is less often seen, but fine pink tints occur.
van Linschoten wrote in 1596: "The principall and the best that are found in all the Orientall Countries, and the right Oriental pearls, are between Ormus and Bassora in the straights, or Sinus Persicus, in the places called Bareyn, Catiffa, Julfar, ...
From the turn of the 20th century, this elegant antique bracelet is composed of tiny rose cut diamonds, calibre emeralds and natural oriental pearls set in platinum over 18 karat yellow gold.
Image courtesy of Lang Antiques
Formation of pearls ...
This nacre lies within an oyster and is caused by some irritating substance such as a grain of sand. When the pearls are naturally formed, they are called Oriental pearls. Cultured pearls are made by nature with the help of man.
If the solution is not intended for pearls, it will dull the luster on the pearl and cause them to look cloudy. Pearl is the birthstone for June. See also awabi pearl, cultured pearl, oriental pearl, freshwater pearl, blister pearl, mabe', nacre, ...
there are stylish mabe (large hemispherical cultured pearls), fresh water (elongated in interesting shapes and colors), and South Sea (large cultured pearls 10 mm and up from Australian and Indonesian waters), to name a few.
The oriental pearl is ...
 See also: Pearl, Orient, Pearls, Water, Natural
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