Peach pearls
Pearls are created inside a living creature: oysters, and pearls are the by-product of a process which oysters use to protect themselves. Pearls can both be found in fresh water and saltwater, and some pearls have also been found inside clams and mollusks.
Pearl in oyster
Pearl formation begins when a foreign substance enters the oyster, and this irritates the oyster. The natural reaction is for the oyster to cover up that object with a substance called nacre. Thus begins the formation of a pearl.
Matching peach pearls with round beads
Cultured pearls are the result of irritants implanted by pearl farmers. The whole process takes at least 3 years. And of course, there is the issue of garbage and pollution, and uncontrolled oil spills which can damage oysters and this amazing natural process.
Wonder how many oysters were "harvested" to produce these necklaces
Tiny elongated ones are called rice pearls
Peach and gold
Angelina as Cleopatra based on the book written by Stacy Schiff
For interested book worms, Cleopatra: A Life is a biography and the writing style is quite scholarly. Although it has many interesting, exotic stories. Stacy Schiff is a Pulitzer Prize recipient.
Cleopatra: A Life (2010) by Stacy Schiff
Pulitzer Prize Author Stacy Schiff