A pure white mala of pearl japa beads strung on woven nylon. 108 beads, 7 to 8 mm average size.

 

A pearl is a hard, rounded object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk. The finest quality pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries, and the word pearl has become a metaphor for something rare, fine, and admirable.