Freshwater Pearl Necklace - 🌿 Olive & Cream Pearls with Diamonte Pendant
🌿 Olive & Cream Pearl Necklace with Diamonte Pendant This one-of-a-kind necklace came together in the most serendipitous way. The olive green and cream pearls felt like they were made for each other—earthy, elegant, and subtly radiant.
I’d been holding onto this diamonte square pendant for months, waiting for the right design to appear... and this was it. Hand-strung with a mix of freshwater pearls in soft olive and creamy hues, this piece is both grounding and luminous. The sparkling pendant catches the light just enough to add a touch of magic. It’s a piece that feels timeless, but also uniquely yours.
I see this necklace as a symbol of divine timing—of trusting that things come together when they’re meant to. If it speaks to you, maybe it’s meant to be part of your story too. 🔸 One-of-a-kind 🔸 Handmade in Tea Gardens, NSW 🔸 Features olive & cream freshwater pearls 🔸 Centrepiece: vintage-inspired diamonte square pendant 🔸 Length: 46cm]🔸 Clasp: Metal🔸 Pendant: Upcycled
Only one made.
Freshwater pearls are created inside freshwater mollusks, primarily mussels, rather than oysters, which are typically used for saltwater pearls. The process of forming a freshwater pearl is both natural and cultivated.
Natural Formation:
In the wild, if a small irritant such as a grain of sand or a tiny organism enters the mollusk’s shell, the mollusk secretes layers of nacre (a combination of aragonite and conchiolin) to coat the irritant and protect itself.
Over time, many layers of nacre build up, eventually forming a pearl.
Cultured Freshwater Pearls:
In freshwater pearl farming, humans assist the process.
Rather than relying on a natural irritant, pearl farmers gently insert a small piece of tissue (typically mantle tissue from another mollusk) into the freshwater mussel. Unlike saltwater pearls, freshwater pearls usually do not require a hard nucleus. The mollusk reacts by secreting nacre around the tissue.
The mussel is returned to the water, and over the course of several months to a few years, the pearl forms as layers of nacre build up.
Once the pearls have grown to the desired size, they are harvested from the mussels.
Freshwater pearls are valued for their variety of shapes, sizes, and colours. They can take anywhere from 6 months to several years to form, depending on conditions and the desired quality.
Please note crystals do vary in size and colours and therefore the photos on this site may not be the exact shade of the crystal. Once an item is sold I remake another to have in stock and update the photo to try and match the crystals as close as possible to the photo.
