Where pearls come from? Freshwater pearl farm on the Tennessee River

Tennessee House of freshwater pearl farm in North America. Pearls have long been recognized as a symbol of purity and their popularity remains stable for centuries. Beads for jewelry and jewelry made from oyster shells or on farms, mostly in Japan, China, South Pacific and, of course, Tennessee. Freshwater pearls are rarely found naturally in the form of a washboard Tennessee. Most pearls are cultured, culture farm is unique in North America Birdsong Resort Camden, Tennessee on the Tennessee River. Balls are made of concentric layers of crystalline substance called nacre, calcium carbonate. It was this gem, pearls, which provides its brilliant iridescence and the need to make the beauty of pearls.

If we have the Tennessee River Freshwater Pearl Farm tour in May, we were pleased that accompanied Adrienne, the designer cabochons freshwater pearls that their clients use them as decorations. She explained how to take the form of balls ornaments. Adrienne says that there are different methods of seed pearls and shells implant method is best suited for making fresh water pearl jewelry, since it is the pearl farmer options for shapes and sizes. Implant or seeds from the same material as the shell and can be shaped to any size before implantation, and it is actually implanted into the form. Cases around the implants to form a round ball and a triangular shape in the implant shell triangle of beads.

It sounds easier than it is, of course, because to wait 3-5 years after the shell is associated with an implant on a farm in Tennessee is moving river Although the nature of its work magic. There is not any magic, but because the shells follow closely during this period for the quality and temperature of the water and there are very few professionals who are qualified to implant the seeds in the shells. Many years passed before the Japanese technique of cultured pearls was successfully adapted to home waters of Tennessee and crustaceans, and in 1984 was the first year a productive harvest was made. Thank you for your efforts crops founder John Latendresse, cabochons, and jewelry or ornaments can be considered portable, and purchased at reasonable prices. If your interest is high, you can learn more about the process of pearl culture of fresh water and maybe even tour the Tennessee River Pearl Farm and Museum next to I-40 in Tennessee.