Keshi Pearls
I’ll be honest with you, . Before building my website, I had no idea what a Keshi pearl was. Some of you may be gasping in horror. Others may be clutching your coffee cups to your chests in disbelief. Still more of you might be scratching your lovely heads and thinking, “Wait: what is a Keshi Pearl?” In that case, Head-scratchers, I’ll go ahead and tell you about them. (This may also be a good refresher for you who are All Knowing in pearl matters.)
Keshi pearls are, to put it simply, beautiful accidents. They are pearls with no nucleus, which explains the unique shape. These pearls are formed in a couple of ways. When an oyster discards a nucleus before the pearl has had time to form, the nacre remains, resulting in a Keshi pearl. If loose epithelial cells find their way into an oyster during nucleation, Keshi pearls are, once again, the stunning result.
These pearls have a wonderfully lustrous surface, and have become a staple in many bridal accessory collections.
