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Here are some stick pearls that are drilled form the long dimensions and these are referred as end drilled.

Individual pearl strands of the stick pearls are available. There are about 18- 55 pearls on each strand. Purchase them loosely on the individual strands t a wholesale price and they you can create your own artistic jewelry designs. They are available in cream white, peacock black, mauve, pink, white, lavender and grey colors.

The stick or the Biwa pearls are produced in the Lake Biwa in Japan. The Biwa Pearl Mussel called Hyriopsis schlegelii is has now become very rare, but they were responsible for the formation of Biwa Pearls form an oyster. Its life cycle, included a specific larval stage known as glochidium, this must get attached to the gills or the fins of a fish before it metamorphoses the juvenile clam. And then this leads the formation of the most beautiful and wonderful, the stick pearls.More information here