Mother of Pearl Jewelry & More
Welcome to Maty Designs!
We are happy to count you as one of our friends. Here you will find a vast variety of natural gemstones, pearls, wood, shells and everything you can imagine, even those gems you never heard about. Unusual stones and shapes are used to create handmade pieces in limited edition or even as one-of-a-kind creations.
We like to please our customers with everything, so we accept all kinds of requests, from customizing a piece to creating one exclusively for them according to the size, gemstone or budget they desire. We use mostly natural gemstones with the best possible quality at the most affordable prices. Our selection includes a wide range of beautiful products, including mother of pearl jewelry. Customers can also find natural gemstone jewelry, a one of a kind necklace, and much more.
We also tell you about the enhancements to the best of our knowledge, which sometimes makes us do some research since some wholesalers don't provide us with all the information without being requested. But that is not a problem for us, simply because we love what we do and we like all our customers to be 100% satisfied and educated about what they are buying. Gemstones, from opaque's to semi-precious, to all types and shapes of wood, a wide range of colors in freshwater pearls, different kinds and colors of natural shells, and handmade lamp worked glass beads are some of the amazing finds we have for you. Check us out. We are sure you will find something for you or your loved ones.
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HEARTS IN TIBETAN SILVER & BLACK MOTHER OF PEARL EARRINGS
These earrings are big, yet comfortable. The bottom has a black lip Mother of Pearl heart which measures 37x50mm, with a super high polish and a gorgeous iridescence. They have Tibetan silver, with antiqued finish ,engraved, puffy hearts on top, which measure 30mm. The earrings measure approx. 3 3/4 inches in length including the silver plated French hooks.
Mother of Pearl, also known as nacre, is an organic-inorganic composite material produced by some mollusks as an inner shell layer; it is also what makes up Pearls. It is very strong, resilient and iridescent. Nacre is found in some of the more ancient lineages of bivalves gastropods and cephalopods. However, the inner layer in the great majority of mollusk shells is porcellaneous, not nacreous, and this usually results in a non-iridescent shine, or more rarely in non-nacreous iridescence such as flame structure as is found in conch Pearls. Pearls and the inside layer of Pearl oyster and freshwater Pearl mussels shells are made of nacre. Many other families of mollusk also have a nacreous inner shell layer, including marine gastropods such as the Haliotidae, the Trochidae and the Turbinidae. Nacre appears iridescent because the thickness of the Aragonite platelets is close to the wavelength of visible light. This results in constructive and destructive interference of different wavelengths of light, resulting in different colors of light being reflected at different viewing angles. Mother of Pearl has been used over many centuries for all kinds of decorative purposes. Mother of Pearl buttons are often used in clothing either for functional or decorative purposes. Mother of Pearl is also used to decorate watches, knives, guns and jewelry.
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