Pearl Types
Pearl Types
Some of the types of pearls you may find in Balouli designs
Rice pearls
Rice pearls are small oval pearls.
Baroque Pearls
Baroque pearls have irregular shapes, they can be large and fantastic.
Keishi Pearls
Keshi pearls are some times known as poppy or seed pearls. These occur when the shell expels the nucleus but still produces nacre resulting in small irregular and unique seedless pearls.
Button Pearls
Button pearls are round on one side and flat on the other, because the pearl attached to the shell of the mollusc.
Biwa Pearls
Biwa pearls also called stick pearls originated in Lake Biwa,near Kyoto, Japan but due to pollution they are now produced in several freshwater locations in China and Japan.
Mabe or Blister Pearls
Mabe pearls are assembled from cultured blister pearls.
Shell Pearls
Shell pearls are man-made from shells using the same materials cultured pearls are made naturally.