Blemish: A defect found on the surface of the pearl. Non-damaging blemishes include spots, bumps, pits and wrinkles, and can affect a pearl’s price. Damaging blemishes — which may worsen, and can affect the durability of a pearl as well as its price — include cracks, holes and chips. Button: A dome-shaped pearl with a [...]
Black-Lip Oyster: An oyster of unusual size and diameter found in the South Pacific, from which is derived the famous black pearls known in the industry as Tahitian Pearls. Other colors produced by this mollusk, besides black, are silver to light gray, dark gray, orange, gold, green, blue, and purple. Gold-Lip Oyster: The large oyster [...]
Abalone Pearl: A naturally cultivated pearl from an abalone, which is a univalve mollusk. Akoya Cultured Pearls: Pearls produced by deliberate human intervention in several varieties of saltwater mollusks generally found in the waters around Japan and China. The Akoya pearl ranges in color from cream, white, rose, gold and blue-gray, and remains justly famous [...]
Pearl size refers to the pearl’s diameter, which is measured in millimeters. Normally, the larger the pearl, the more rare it is and the more valuable. Keep in mind that pearl strands also have a length, which also affects price because of the number of pearls needed to create that particular necklace length. The size [...]
The most coveted shape for a pearl is round — perfectly round. And, as perfectly round pearls are as rare as totally unblemished ones, those that do exist command exorbitant prices. Usually, one finds pearls ranging from “all round” to “mostly round.” With Tahitian pearls, which are extremely rare and expensive when discovered in perfectly [...]
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Noblest 8-9mm Black Akoya Pearl Pendant Necklace 17” US $3.00 |
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8MM White Akoya shell Pearl Necklace + Earring AAA 18" US $3.26 |
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genuine 11-12mm natural white fresh water cultured akoya pearl necklace 17" US $.01 |
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X※16@ 7-8MM Pink Akoya Cultured Pearl Necklace Earring 18'' US $.01 |
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