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Pearl is one of the most valuable gemstones available on earth. It is produced inside a living shelled mollusk’s soft tissue. pearl jewelry is considered to be unique and gives a refined look to anyone. For centuries, Pearl and Pearl Jewelry has captivated people with its rare radiance. For those born on June, Pearl and Alexandrite are the birthstones.

The great ancient civilizations all shared a love for the alluring glow of pearls. Each attached different meaning and significance to the pearl, but one thing remained the same; the pearl was a symbol of the bounty and wealth of their culture and land. From Ancient Egypt to Ancient Rome, pearls were desired as a symbol of status and wealth. The ancient civilizations of China and Greece also prized the pearl from their earliest history. Even the Indian and Aztec civilizations of the Americas valued the pearl as a special part of their being. From the 4 corners of the Earth, our ancestors agreed that pearls were truly something special. Its beauty is truly universal.

The Akoya is the original cultured pearl. It is the one that Mikimoto had a hand in developing and the first cultured pearls that were commercially successful. The name Akoya comes from the name of the oyster which is found predominately in Japan and China. Its scientific name is Pinctata fucata. The Akoya oyster is rather small when compared to the oysters used in cultivating SouthSea and Tahitian pearls. It produces pearls that range in size from 2MM to 9MM.

Akoya pearls are available in various shapes and eight basic shapes in which pearls are found are round, semi-round, button, and drop, pear, oval, baroque and circled. Semi-round pearls and button pearls are used for necklaces. Drop and pear shaped pearls are used in making earrings, pendants and centre piece of a necklace. Baroque pearls come in interesting and irregular shapes. They are used in necklaces.

Akoya oysters are now grown in hatcheries to insure a constant supply. The oysters are fed a grown microscopic organism called plankton. A few months into their growth period the oysters are moved from the hatcheries to the cultivating areas where they are monitored and fed until they are strong enough to withstand the nucleating operation. In the operation, a technician inserts a shell bead nucleus together with a piece of mantle from a donor oyster into the mollusk’s gonad area. This piece of mantle forms a sac over the nucleus and the sac secretes nacre over the bead nucleus. This secretion will eventually lead to a cultured pearl.Pearls

Pearls were one of the most sought after gems as recorded in ancient records. Pearls were highly revered by Romans, rulers of Ancient India, and the Chinese. As conquests were made around the world, pearls became introduced to new areas. Pearls have a tradition of being rare and magnificent.There are two type of pearls as folloes:
Akoya pearls are produced from the oyster known as Pinctada fucata martensii, which is the smallest pearl producer known in the oyster family. These pearls are known for their pristine round shapes, which make them an ideal and popular choice for necklaces and matching earrings. However, aside from being consistently round, they can also have a semi-round, baroque and semi-baroqe shape. Although Akoya pearls are also produced in China, they previously were considered the Japanese pearl, and were cultured primarily in Ehime, Mie, Oita, Nagasaki and Kumamoto prefectures.

To produce Akoya pearls, a nucleus is inserted with a mini speck of mantle tissue form previous oyster shells, creating a round bead that the nacre will begin to grow around. Depending on the size of the oyster, usually up to three beads can be placed in it. Once the beads are ready, the oyster is placed in the ocean and left for 6-18 months for cultivation. The longer the Akoya oysters are left in the ocean, the better chance the nacre has of growing and influencing the pearl, resulting in nicer looking and more valued pearls. Unfortunately, the longer period of time also means a higher risk is involved, as the oyster has more potential of dying or becoming damaged from storms and other ailments. The highest quality Akoya pearls are left in the ocean for close to two years.

However, cultured freshwater pearl bracelet, are farmed in freshwater, and are grown within mussels. As the irritants introduced into the mussels are much smaller than the ones injected into oysters in saltwater pearls, freshwater pearls tend to be much smaller than saltwater pearls. However, the technique for cultivating freshwater pearls allows for the fact that any given mussel may produce twenty pearls or more within one year.

Chinese freshwater cultured pearl bracelet in striking artificial colors have been seen on the market since the nineteen eighties. In addition to yellow, there are red, pink, orange brown blue green purple and lilac although rice crispies, baroques and flats were used mainly in the beginning; there have been more rounded shapes also over recent years. Intensely blue, green, yellow, pink, red and purple nearly round pearls, no doubt dyed with chemical agents, have been seen at international trade shows since the late nineteen nineties. No detailed in?formation is available as to the methods used. The colors seem to be permanent and — needless to say — fall into the lowest price range. They can be identified.