Black Coral and Hand Inlaid Silver and Mother of Pearl Bracelet with Sterling Silver Trigger Clasp

Black Coral and Hand Inlaid Silver and Mother of Pearl Bracelet with Sterling Silver Trigger ClaspBlack Coral and Hand Inlaid Silver and Mother of Pearl Bracelet with Sterling Silver Trigger Clasp Approx. 8" Long Bead Size range approx. 7 11mm Strung on Soft Flex Wire Handcrafted at Beads of Paradise NYC Coral is created by millions of small organisms at the bottom of the ocean called polyps. Each polyp builds up a limestone case around itself, which remains after it dies. The casing becomes the basis for another polyp to build its home. Slowly,

• Black Coral and Hand Inlaid Silver and Mother of Pearl Bracelet with Sterling Silver Trigger Clasp
• Approx. 8" Long
• Bead Size range approx. 7-11mm
• Strung on Soft Flex Wire
• Handcrafted at Beads of Paradise NYC
• Coral is created by millions of small organisms at the bottom of the ocean called polyps.  Each polyp builds up a limestone case around itself, which remains after it dies.  The casing becomes the basis for another polyp to build its home.  Slowly, after thousands of years, these casings build up into what we know as a coral reef.  Historically, material from these reefs were highly prized, and used to make jewelry and other ornamental objects.  However, because removing coral from these reefs is bad for ocean environments, there are strict regulations against removing coral from the ocean.  Most coral used today is grown in coral farms, rather than being taking from the ocean. Most precious coral is harvested in the Mediterranean Sea, especially in Sardinia. Deposits are also found in the Pacific, in Japan, Taiwan and Australia.  In contemporary stone lore, Coral is rumored to stimulate emotional healing and relieves stress.
• Mother of Pearl is the inner part of a shell produced by some mollusks.  It is the part of the shell that creates nacre, the glossy outer layer of pearls. Pearls and the inside layer of Pearl oyster and freshwater Pearl mollusk shells are made of nacre. The nacre is continuously deposited onto the inner surface of the shell, the iridescent nacreous layer, commonly known as Mother of Pearl. The layers of nacre smooth the shell surface and help defend the soft tissues against parasites and damaging debris by entombing them in successive layers of nacre, forming either a blister Pearl attached to the interior of the shell, or a free pearl within the mantle tissues. The process is called encystation and it continues as long as the mollusk lives. Caviar spoons are normally made out of Mother of Pearl so it does not impart a metallic taste as metal spoons do. Folklore says that Mother of Pearl contains the healing powers of the sea.