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Akoya Cultured Pearls and their Appeal - Akoya Cultured Pearls A lush piece of jewelry which is adorned with fine quality Akoya cultured pearls will offer a sophisticated, yet versatile touch of elegance capable of enhancing a wide variety of colors within your wardrobe. It is very trendy today to wear several Akoya cultured pearl necklaces (multiple strands), at the same time. This particular approach to fashion can create an exotic, and attention grabbing affect which many find quite useful in a variety of social and casual settings alike. Wearing various lengths and sizes of Akoya cultured pearls in the form of necklaces and bracelets allows many fashion conscious people to really get creative with their Akoya cultured pearls. Akoya cultured pearls are often graded as extremely high quality pearls; The Culture Of Pearls - Although we know that the most genuine pearls are the natural pearls, yet we also know that they are very difficult to find. As a result they are also exorbitantly priced. It was thus not possible to meet the expanding demands for pearls in the market. Hence pearls began to be cultured and new and innovative ways were developed to produce harvests of a variety of pearls of different shapes sizes and colors. Different species of oysters and mussels were tested to get pearls of different colors and shapes and good luster. Over a period of time, we find that almost the entire market of pearls is flooded with cultured pearls. The Third Pearl Wave in China - Now China is in what we can call its Third Pearl Wave. Starting in the 1990s, China surprised the market with products that are revolutionizing pearling. The shapes, luster, and colors of the new Chinese production often match original Biwa quality and sometime even surpass it; certainly the new orange and peach-colored pearls are unique. As testimony to China's achievement, their freshwater pearls are round enough and good enough to pass as Japanese akoya. China already sells round white pearls up to 7mm for perhaps a tenth the price of Japanese cultured saltwater pearls. Bleaching, dying, and polishing is usually done. Except for the old Arabic practice of sun-bleaching in the Persian Gulf, naturals were practically never processed. Chinese pearls that are nearly white or mottled are usually bleached to make them whiter and more uniform. Pear Necklaces - Although we find variety of jewelry items made from pearls, the most popular are perhaps the pearl necklaces. Depending on their lengths and designs they have been given unique names. History of Cultured Freshwater Pearls from Japan - The first cultured freshwater pearls originated in Japan. Although the Chinese were the first to culture a product from freshwater mussels, these were not pearls. Their centuries-old Buddhas are not true pearls but shell mabes. Quite soon after their initial success with cultured saltwater pearls, pearls producers in Japan experimented with fresh water mussels and produced beautiful pearls. Japanese pearl farmers experimented with freshwater mussels in Lake Biwa, a large lake near Kyoto. Initial commercial freshwater pearl crops appeared in the 1930s. The all-nacre Biwa pearls formed in colors unseen in saltwater pearls. Almost instantly appealing, their luster and luminescent depth rivaled naturals because they, too, were pearls throughout. During the World War II there was a slump in the production of Biwa pearls, resulting in an interruption in the flow of Lake Biwa pearls. A Fresh Look at Freshwater Pearl Jewelry - A Fresh Look at Freshwater Pearl Jewelry If, when you picture freshwater pearls, lumpy linen-colored rice shapes come to mind, it's time to update your thinking. Today's freshwater pearls have come a long way from their humble beginnings, and the best specimens now rival the beauty of their saltwater cousins-the akoya pearl, the Tahitian pearl and the South Sea pearl. When shopping for pearl jewelry, don't neglect to consider freshwater cultured pearl jewelry. You will be pleasantly surprised by the quality, and even happier with the price. What are Freshwater Cultured Pearls? Freshwater cultured pearls are pearls that are grown in mollusks that live in freshwater ponds, lakes and rivers rather than in the ocean. Common Freshwater Pearls - Biwa Pearls: These were the first freshwater pearls to be cultivated by Japan in Lake Biwa. After this started a wave of pearl production all over the world which is continues to this day. Though excessive harvesting and environmental pollution caused the destruction of the lake and the mussel producing the pearl has also nearly become extinct. So the Biwa production has stopped. But the name today signifies original and good quality pearls. The name Biwa pearl is due to its place of origin and it is rare to find Biwa pearls today. Keishi Pearls: This is a word of Japanese origin meaning Poppy seed. These pearls are formed when the mollusk ignores the implanted piece and does not coat it with nacre. Pearl Jewelry - The magnificent luster and delicate translucence of the layers of a pearl imparts an exquisite charm to it. It has therefore been valued as a precious gemstone since ages. The value of the pearl in jewelry is determined by a combination of all the attributes i.e. the luster, color, size, lack of surface flaw and symmetry. Among those attributes, the most important factor of pearl quality according to jewelers is luster. History of Pearls - In the beginning pearl hunting was the only means known for harvesting pearls. A little before the start of the 20th century divers manually pulled oysters from ocean floors and river bottoms and checked each one of them individually for pearls. However, not all natural oysters produce pearls. In fact, in a haul of three tonnes, only three or four oysters will produce perfect pearls. Eventually the process of culturing pearls was discovered. Nowadays, almost all pearls used for jewelry are cultured by planting a core or nucleus into pearl oysters. Pearls that Really Aren't: The Conch and the Melo Melo "Pearl" - Things are not always as they seem. This is especially true for the conch "pearl" and the melo melo "pearl," two types of gemstones that aren't really pearls at all. Confusing? Yes, as these "pearls" resemble true pearls in more ways than one. Both the melo melo and the conch "pearl" are rare natural gems produced in marine animals; are referred to as pearls; look like pearls, and are used to create beautiful jewelry. So why aren't they pearls? And if they aren't true pearls than what the heck are they? Non-nacreous pearls Interestingly, not all "pearls" are made of nacre, the combination of aragonite (calcium carbonate) and conchiolin that is secreted from a mollusk and layered together to form what scientists call a nacreous pearl.

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