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Pearls: a literature review

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Pearls occupy a distinguished position among gems due to its unique beauty. Both natural and cultured pearls occur in a wide variety of colors. The most familiar colors are white and cream. Black, gray, and silver are also fairly common, but the palette of pearl colors extends to every hue. Pearl jewelry was used in every civilization such as Egyptian, Chinese, and Roman civilization. It was considered as a symbol of nobility. Pearls also have a key role in modern jewelry as designers tend to use it for its beauty. This paper aims to review the industry of pearls and its importance in jewelry design. it reviews the history of pearls and how the industry was converted from fishing pearls to farming it. Cultured pearls provide solutions for the rareness of natural pearls and its high  prices. Pearls types were presented. Pearl grading systems were analysed. The process of pearl treatment was explained for its importance in pearl industry. 

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10.21608/idj.2022.245902

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Pearl, Formation of Pearl, Pearl Grading, Pearl treatment

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Aida

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El-Refi

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Professor, Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University,

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aida531@hotmail.com

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Islam

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Gharib

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Assistant Professor, School of Applied Arts, Badr University in Cairo , Aissistant Professor, Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University

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islam_gharib@yahoo.com

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Noha

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Abdul Fatah

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Design Supervisor, Diamond Section, L'AZURDE Egypt

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n.elshafey@outlook.com

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12

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4

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2022-07-01

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2022-04-10

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2022-07-01

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243

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251

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2090-9632

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2090-9640

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IDJ_Volume 12_Issue 4_Pages 243-251.pdf

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International Design Journal

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Pearls: a literature review

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22 Jan 2023