Japanese freshwater parelchoker with Carnelian Pendant & Oriental flos

Carnelian is a red meat to brown, translucent to opaque chalcedoonvariëteit. It belongs to the quartz. Hetelement that the red color caused, is iron in which small impurities is in the mineral. By heating can deepen the color. Carnelian is named after the Latin carnis, which means "flesh." The old Dutch name is carnelian. Carnelian was already before the beginning of our era, used for the manufacture of seal stones and jewelery. They claimed carnelian offered protection against strife, toothache and nervous disorders, bleeding stilt, lowers fever, reduces anger and brings happiness. Carnelian occurs in volcanic and weathering zones and is known from India, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Important sites are located in Brazil, the United States, Australia, Russia, Czech Republic, Germany and Romania.

CULTIVATED / FRESHWATER PEARLS
Below is a small story about the production of freshwater pearls, With Timmersgems find here the best quality of pearls from Japan, China and other areas, always harvested and produced in an eco friendly way, with a passion for nature and people. Cultured freshwater pearls are pearls that are grown and made using freshwater mussels. These pearls are produced in Japan and the United States on a limited scale, but are now almost exclusively produced in China. The US Federal Trade Commission requires that freshwater cultured pearls are known as "freshwater cultured pearls' in the trade. quality cultured freshwater pearls are evaluated through an assessment of a range of values ​​based on luster, shape and other factors Pearls harvested from the wild in the Holarctic freshwater pearl mussel were important sources of pearls to medieval jewelery, with Scotland as an important source This species now become threatened in most areas.