Finger Ring
A ring set with a pearl, usually a single dome-backed or button pearl in a protective setting.
Pearls are soft, around 2.5 to 4.5 on the Mohs scale, so a ring is the most exposed place to wear one.
Good pearl rings use bezel or half-bezel settings that shield the pearl's edge, and half-drilled pearls cemented onto a post rather than pierced through.
Astrological pearl rings are a category of their own, with specific requirements on metal, weight and which finger the ring is worn on.
When you are buying
Take a pearl ring off before washing your hands. Soap and repeated water contact break down the adhesive holding a half-drilled pearl to its post, and that is the most common pearl ring failure.
Pearl finger rings
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Half-Drilled
A pearl drilled only partway through, so it can be cemented onto a post. How pearls are mounted in studs and rings.
Bezel Setting
A metal rim wrapped around the edge of a stone or pearl to hold it. The most protective setting there is.
Moti
The Hindi word for pearl, and in Vedic astrology the gemstone of the Moon, worn to strengthen Chandra.
Dosham-Free Pearl
A pearl free of the specific flaws that Vedic astrology considers inauspicious: cracks, pits, spots and irregular colour.