In the big family of pearls, there is a pale pink shadow, small and exquisite, beautiful and touching, mysterious legend, that is Kongke beads (also known as conch beads)!
Konk beads are sea pearls produced naturally in the body of the goddess Phoenix snail.
It takes about 50,000 CONches to get one usable KONK PEARL, and only 2000-3000 KONK pearls are found each year, with a maximum OF 20%-30% OF KONK pearls that can be used FOR jewelry production.
In other words, there are less than 900 upper and lower Konk pearls in the world that can be made into brilliant jewelry every year.
So the price is more expensive, move is high!
This type of conch lives only in the Caribbean.
Because of its remote and mysterious origin, it was not until the Victoria’s Secret stage that pearl oysters from Konk beads were used in jewelry.
In the new style characteristic stage, the jewelry jewelry with Kongke beads as the original element gradually occurred.
Goddess Phoenix snail’s embossed pattern ornament (left) features a new style of konk bead choker (right) HarryWinston, &Co., a well-known luxury jewelry that has released konk beads.
Pearl Head Mikimoto also created a line for konk beads, which made konk beads famous in Japan.
Catier Kong Ke bead bracelet, HarryWinston Kong Ke bead, Mikimoto Kong ke bead corsage, Tiffany&Co.
Why is there a shortage of all natural Konk beads?
Firstly, because it is a pure natural pearl, from the growth and development of the goddess phoenix snail to the production of pearls, all carried out in a pure natural natural environment, so that every pearl is a “beautiful accident”.
Second, the goddess phoenix snail (Queenconch) lives only in the Caribbean. Its snail meat is the food of local people, and fishermen only find the konk beads when they take the snail meat.
In recent years, due to excessive fishing, the total number of the goddess phoenix snail has gradually decreased. It is already listed as endangered wildlife, and strict restrictions on the theme activities of its fishing, so there are fewer konke beads available.
