If you are looking for a piece a pearl jewelry, you may find it a little overwhelming at first. You will encounter terminology like natural, cultured, freshwater, saltwater, and imitation. This may make it difficult and confusing at first. To help, this article will provide you some background information that explains the common types of pearls.

Natural pearls are just as they sound – pearls that are formed naturally without any human influence. Natural pearls are created by cha ...
Author: Brian Roberts
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Tahitian pearls, symbols of luxury and perfection, are long sought for their exceptional beauty and value. Tahitian pearls are valued as queen of pearls and creation of the sea. Tahitian pearls are named after the tropical island of Tahiti. Tahiti’s black lipped oysters yield a unique array of iridescent black, gray and greenish black pearls. Employing Japanese cultured akoya pearl cultivation techniques, farmers in French Polynesia began cultivating large black pearls ...
Author: Yan Berry
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Gem-quality natural pearls are rarely found today. However, you can still find them in estate sales, auctions and in your grandmother’s jewelry box. Natural pearl lovers will buy the moderately matched, smaller natural pearls to have a piece of history.

The value of natural pearls

The value of natural pearls has varied widely over the last hundred years. A necklace that Cartier sold during the Depression for $1 million fetched only $157,000 in a 1957 auction. When actor Richard Bu ...
Author: Kevin Canning
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Gem-quality natural pearls are rarely found today. However, you can still find them in estate sales, auctions and in your grandmother’s jewelry box. Natural pearl lovers will buy the moderately matched, smaller natural pearls to have a piece of history.

The value of natural pearls

The value of natural pearls has varied widely over the last hundred years. A necklace that Cartier sold during the Depression for $1 million fetched only $157,000 in a 195 ...
Author: Kevin Canning
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Understanding how pearls are graded and valued is crucial before making a pearl jewellery purchase. This guide provides information consumers can use to compare and evaluate pearls and pearl jewellery.

So what is pearl valuation? Simply put, pearl valuation is the term used to describe the quality and value of a pearl or pearl set. It is determined by seven key pearl attributes: type, size, luster, inclusions, shape, matching, and nacre:

Type: - There are many different typ ...
Author: Brian Roberts
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When buying Pearls, the customer is presented with terminology they are not always familiar with. Akoya, Freshwater, Tahitian, South Sea... What do all these mean? In order to make the best decision when buying pearls, it is important to know the differences between these type of pearls and why some are more expensive than others. Listed here are the different types of Cultured Pearls and how they are cultured.

Author: Stephen Couch
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Pearl Valuation: A Pearl Buyer’s Guide

Understanding how pearls are graded and valued is crucial before making a pearl jewellery purchase. This guide provides information consumers can use to compare and evaluate pearls and pearl jewellery.

So what is pearl valuation? Simply put, pearl valuation is the term used to describe the quality and value of a pearl or pearl set. It is determined by seven key pearl attributes: type, size, luster, inclusions, shape, matching, and nacre:

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Pearls Make Holiday Shopping Easy
Some people love holiday shopping, and others dread it. Finding the perfect gift can be stressful. Many men have trouble finding a gift that shows their love for the women in their lives. They want something feminine and practical, and, most importantly, something that the recipient will want to keep forever.

There is such a gift: cultured pearl jewelry.

Pearls are the perfect gift for every woman. Women who wear jewelry all the tim ...
Author: Yan Berry
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Real Pearls Verus Fake Pearls

Sometimes customers interested in buying pearls are concerned that they won’t know the real thing from the imitation. Here are some tests to help you determine if you are looking at well-done “fakes” are genuine pearls.

The tooth test

The tried-and-true method of determining if a pearl is real is to rub it against your teeth. Real pearls will feel slightly gritty and rough because of the layers of nacre than have formed over time.

An imitation pearl will feel smooth and glas ...
Author: Kevin Canning
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Know Your Cultured Pearl Types

When buying Pearls, the customer is presented with terminology they are not always familiar with. Akoya, Freshwater, Tahitian, South Sea... What do all these mean? In order to make the best decision when buying pearls, it is important to know the differences between these type of pearls and why some are more expensive than others. Listed here are the different types of Cultured Pearls and how they are cultured.

Author: Stephen Couch
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Pearls: Natural or Man Made?

The fact that such beauty can occur naturally is what makes pearls so valuable. It's hard to put a price on something so singular.

Real pearls fall into two categories: natural and cultured.

Natural pearls are formed by oysters completely without interference from the human world. Real pearls are nature's miracle.

Cultured pearls are also formed by oysters, but they are prompted to grow by pearl growers.

Non-naturally formed pearls or ma ...
Author: Dakota Caudilla
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Natures Fireworks - A Beginners Guide to Understanding OPAL - Pt2 World Opal Deposits

Although the largest opal fields are in Australia, opal is also found throughout the world from Europe to the South Americas, North America and South East Asia. It has been mined in Brazil, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Hungary, western parts of the USA and more recently Canada.

Following is a synopsis of the countries where opal is currently mined:

Mexico:

The Mexican opal fields are primarily located in the Queretare and Jalica regions. These ...
Author: Stuart Bazga
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Pearl Jewelry Basics- Freshwater Pearls

Fresh water cultured pearls turn up in a wider range of colors and shapes than their saltwater counterparts. You will see them in white, off-white, champagne, shades of pink and orange, purple, mauve, silver and brown. Their shapes take in oval, ovate, button-shaped, and drop shaped. Flawlessly round, large freshwater pearls are virtually nonexistent. Another dissimilarity from saltwater pearls- a single fresh water mussel can produce up to 60 pearls a year, mu ...
Author: Antoinette Boulay
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Pearls

Pearls have an amazing long history, that is rich is culture. In fact they are one of the most ancient documented gems. Records of commercial harvesting have been found going back over 2500 years ago.

The natural occurrence of pearls is actually quite rare with only one in several million shellfish ever producing a pearl. Oysters are the best known source of pearls but abalone, clams, and muscles also produce pearls. This is one of the reasons that pearls ...
Author: Sher Matsen
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Pearl Jewelry: The Epitome of Elegant Simplicity

Pearls have an amazing long history, that is rich is culture. In fact they are one of the most ancient documented gems. Records of commercial harvesting have been found going back over 2500 years ago.

The natural occurrence of pearls is actually quite rare with only one in several million shellfish ever producing a pearl. Oysters are the best known source of pearls but abalone, clams, and muscles also produce pearls. This is one of the reasons that pearls ...
Author: Sher Matsen
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The Pearl Necklace -- A Timeless Beauty

Pearls have an amazing long history, that is rich is culture. In fact they are one of the most ancient documented gems. Records of commercial harvesting have been found going back over 2500 years ago.

The natural occurrence of pearls is actually quite rare with only one in several million shellfish ever producing a pearl. Oysters are the best known source of pearls but abalone, clams, and muscles also produce pearls. This is one of the reasons that pearls ...
Author: Sher Matsen
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Pearl Jewelry Fashion Trends in 2005

Pearls have an amazing long history, that is rich is culture. In fact they are one of the most ancient documented gems. Records of commercial harvesting have been found going back over 2500 years ago.

The natural occurrence of pearls is actually quite rare with only one in several million shellfish ever producing a pearl. Oysters are the best known source of pearls but abalone, clams, and muscles also produce pearls. This is one of the reasons that pearls ...
Author: Sher Matsen
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String of Pearls -- A Call for Intercessors

Pearls have an amazing long history, that is rich is culture. In fact they are one of the most ancient documented gems. Records of commercial harvesting have been found going back over 2500 years ago.

The natural occurrence of pearls is actually quite rare with only one in several million shellfish ever producing a pearl. Oysters are the best known source of pearls but abalone, clams, and muscles also produce pearls. This is one of the reasons that pearls ...
Author: Sher Matsen
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Emerald Gemstone Information
The emerald gemstone is one of the earliest gemstones known to mankind. However there are a few truths associated with this gemstone that most jewelry buyers do not know about. The reason is because sellers are often afraid that buyers would not buy emeralds and emerald jewelry if they knew the complete facts.

Ensure that you have complete knowledge of this exotic gemstone.

Emeralds are almost always treated for color enhancement and strength. The treatment on emerald gemstones would wear ...
Author: Kaisilver
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