New South Sea 5mm Black Pearl Earrings 14kt Gold Retail $159.00
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PEARLS FOR HER
NEW 14kt Gold Custom Made Black Pearl Earrings
These are South Sea cultured pearls Size 5 mm
Grading AAA
14kt gold backings
Size 5 mm
High polish finish
Retail Value $159.00
Condition: New
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HOW TO PICK YOUR Pearls
Akoya Pearls
If you are looking for the classic set of pearls, look to Akoya pearls: round, white, lustrous with a rose glow, ladylike and demure. Akoya pearls are considered among the finest and most popular in the world.
Pearls are named after the Japanese word for the relatively small Pinctada Fucata oyster. Most Akoya are cultured in saltwater oysters in the cold waters off the islands of Japan, these oysters are nucleated with as many as five beads ranging from 2mm to 6mm in diameter. Only about one out of five nucleated Akoya produces pearls and only a fraction of these are of gem quality. They range in size from 2mm to 10mm, with the bulk of production between 7mm and 9mm. Most are white to cream, with luster ranging from rose to golden.
Akoya cultured pearls are very lustrous, almost always consistently round, perfectly matched, and are bleached to perfect whiteness. No other type of pearl can match the ball-bearing steely luster of a high quality Akoya.
South Sea Pearls
South Sea pearls are exceptional quality pearls range from silver to white, cream, and golden colors. Much larger than the average pearl, ranging from 8mm up to jawbreaker-like 22mm sizes, with the bulk of the production between 10mm and 14mm. These are the rarest and extraordinary pearls you will find in jewelry due to the smoothness and roundness of these pearls are exceptional.
South Sea pearls are grown in the jumbo pinctada maxima oyster in the warm waters of Australia, Philippines, Burma, Indonesia, and other areas of Southeast Asia. This oyster is much larger than the oysters that produce Akoya and Freshwater pearls, so the pearl that it produces is much larger as well. Because of the rarity and sensitivity of this type of oyster, cultivation of these pearls is much more difficult, making them more expensive.
Tahitian Pearls
Tahitian Pearls are named after the tropical island of Tahiti, which is now farmed not only in Tahiti but also the Cook Islands and other places in the South Pacific. Tahitian pearls are larger than Akoya pearls because the oyster is larger. They range from 5mm to 20mm, with the bulk of production between 10mm to 14mm.
Tahitian pearls offer a dramatic touch. The natural black color of these pearls comes from the color of the oyster's black lips, but their color can range from metallic silver, to the color of black. And within this range of colors they can have bluish, purplish, or greenish overtones. Tahitian cultured pearls are cultivated from the black-lipped variety of the pinctada margaritifera oyster which reaches a foot or more in diameter, and produces very large pearls. This oyster is very sensitive to the pearl culturing process, which makes the pearls very costly to produce.
