Seed pearls are very small round pearls like your tiny pearls Phyllis, they can be pearls of natural and cultured pearl origins and technically seed pearls weigh less than 1/4 of a GRAIN. When set in old jewelry, they were sewn with horsehair, cat-gut or very fine silk thread. Good Luck!
May
World's Tiniest Natural Pearls by: Penny
Oh my - they are tiny pearls, if the diameter is only 1 mm. I think they must be the world's smallest natural pearls!
I haven't ever heard about pearls this small before. I believe the Akoya clam produces the smallest cultured pearls that range in size from 2 mm to 11 mm. At their smallest size - 2 mm that's one heck of a small starter bead they insert into the oyster.
natural pearls - on the other hand at any size are rare and highly collectible. 1 mm of solid nacre. Good idea to get them restrung. It would add to the value and you won't lose any of those tiny precious pearls.
Cheers Penny
Swimming in Small Natural Pearls by: Yvonne
your tiny natural pearls sound exquisite. They couldn't be cultured pearls due to the size of the bead nucleus being much larger than 1mm, especially in the early days of cultured pearling.
The drill hole must be so minute! Being multiple strands of pearls of this super small size, you must be literally swimming in natural pearls! Lucky you.
Are the pearls a round shape; are they white, golden or cream colored?
we do have contacts with some lovely pearl ladies here in Adelaide who may be interested in tackling this job.
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