South Sea Pearls

When buying pearls, a client presented with terminology they are not always known. Akoya, Freshwater, Tahitian, South Sea ... What does all this mean? To make the best decision when buying pearls, it is important to know the differences between these types of pearls and why some are more expensive than others. Below are the different types of pearls and how they grew up.

South Sea Pearls

South Sea pearls are cultivated mainly in Australian waters, pearl strand, the Philippines and Indonesia. Some wrong pearls in the waters of Tahiti and French Polynesia and finds call Black Pearls South Sea. The difference between these two types of balls oysters, they are South Sea pearls in silver or gold lip oyster and pearl white color South Sea pearls are cultivated mainly white or silver, they can come in all colors of yellow or blue-gray with pink or green lines.

Gold pearl oyster culture these pearls (Pinctada maxima) is the world's largest and Shell for the experts as the best pearls in the world. The size of pearl production in the order of 10 to 20 mm, if more than beads 16 mm rare. Their rarity and exceptional sizes, the products are very popular. Here are some pearls of the largest and most expensive available.

Pearls of Tahiti Black Pearls and South Sea

Sometimes called Black Pearls South Sea, are "black pearls cultured in areas stretching from the Cook Islands, Tahiti via the Tuamotu and Gambier Islands of French Polynesia. What are the black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada Margaritifera) in the atolls of these areas are cultivated flowers are produced varying shades of purple, green , black and gray, cream and white, even the rarest and most sought after color "peacock green" -.. greenish-black with a peacock feather.

Tahitian black pearls are usually smaller than the white South Sea pearls in size from 7 to 15 millimeters.

Akoya pearls or Japanese

Probably the most famous type name Akoya pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensil). Most of the Akoya pearls are still produced in Japan, but now some of them are grown on a large scale in China and India. Akoya pearl measures only six to nine inches in diameter - less than half as big as silver lip pearl oyster in Australia. Small seeds are planted and the resulting balls 20.10 mm in diameter.

He is considered a classic cultured pearls, Akoya pearls are mostly round or oval and are available in white and cream with accents of silver or pink.

Freshwater Pearl

Freshwater pearls are small, akoya pearl jewelry, sometimes irregularly shaped pearls that are grown in different species of freshwater mussels. Colors range from pink bronze, gray or black, lavender, white.

natural freshwater pearl mussels occur for the same reason that sea pearls occur in oysters. Foreign material, usually with a sharp object or parasite, enters the mussel and can not be excluded. To reduce irritation, mollusks coat the attacker with the same secretion, for which he wraps the building, nacre.

For freshwater pearl culture, mussel shells open slightly, small incisions in the mantle tissue and small pieces of tissue from another mussel is inserted into the slots cut. The form of the nucleus and its position in the body determines the form of artificial pearls. Round-shaped back, pears, eggs, drops, buttons, domes and the Baroque. Most freshwater cultured pearls are made entirely of nacre, the quality of their luster and mergers.

The balls are held up to three years to reach their luster and quality, the hallmark of our cultured pearls and freshwater pearls.