Karagatan Baroque Pearl + Coral Bead Necklace

 
 
18.5 inches + 2 inch extender. Red bamboo coral beads with a large rare baroque pearl. 18k gold filled clasp.
 
 
Pearls are the only gems born from a living creature in by way of a conscious, self nurturing process. They are representative of powerful feminine energy and the ability to create a new life within it. The south sea pearl is the national gem of the Philippines and a sacred symbol. The Pearl of Lao Tzu (1934), The Palawan Princess (2009), and The Pearl of Puerto Princesa (2016) are three of the world’s largest natural pearls all discovered in the Philippines. With its home in the sea and even freshwater, pearls can have great purpose in moon rituals and energy channeling and symbolize our own inner wisdom.
 
These coral beads are a dyed red bamboo coral, meant to resemble a real red precious coral Corallium (a banned mining trade to preserve natural life and ecosystem). Bamboo coral is a naturally white kind and more common. These beads in particular were sourced secondhand and upcycled.