| There simply is nothing you can compare to the | | | | perspiration and dirt would just shorten the life of |
| luster that pearl jewelry has. Whether you have | | | | pearl jewelry. So, although pearls are generally |
| some pearl earrings or a pearl necklace, they | | | | made in the ocean, it does not follow that it |
| have a glow that just yearns to be admired. Now, | | | | would be fine to wear them as you go scuba |
| whether you bought your own pearl jewelry or | | | | diving, swimming or surfing. You should know that |
| received one as a gift, you need to know that it | | | | pearls are sensitive to elements so you must not |
| is very important to take good care of it so that | | | | show them off all the time. |
| you would be able to use it for a long time. | | | | Also, certain chemicals in perfumes, hairsprays |
| If you would be comparing pearls to diamonds, | | | | and lotions can damage pearl jewelry. These |
| pearls are a lot softer. And so, pearls need special | | | | chemicals could shorten the life of pearl jewelry. |
| care. Unlike pearls, diamonds have basically been | | | | So it would be best to wear your pearl jewelry |
| compacted for millions of years deep in the earth | | | | after you have done everything - like you have |
| while pearls are made and cultivated in oysters' | | | | already put lotion on, have sprayed your perfume |
| shells. Oysters are the ones that produce the | | | | on, etc. so that the amount of their exposure to |
| pearl's nacre, which gives it a luminous glow. So | | | | these chemicals would be limited. |
| pearls do not have the hardness and | | | | And similar to other kinds of jewelry, pearl |
| compactness that diamonds possess. | | | | jewelry will get dirty over time. You could clean |
| Remember that you should not wear your pearl | | | | them by yourself with the use of a slightly damp |
| jewelry everywhere you go in everything that | | | | soft and clean cloth. Do not use any scrubbing |
| you do, particularly when you are engaging in | | | | device such as a toothbrush or a sponge, as well |
| physical activity like working out in the gym or | | | | as any soap or detergent. |
| planting in the yard. This is because the | | | | |