Pearl color and value.
Types of pearls colors.
Among those attributes luster is the most important differentiator of pearl quality according to jewelers.
Cultured pearls come in different sizes shapes and colors.
Multi colored tahitians multi colored south sea pearls and multi colored freshwater pearls are all available in both round and baroque shapes.
There are also different types of mollusks that produce very different looking pearls.
However the growth period varies from farm to farm which is why freshwater pearls have the widest size range of all pearl types.
The most familiar colors are white and cream a light yellowish brown.
Many of these are white and generally resemble the akoya pearl in both size and shape.
Perhaps the best loved gems of all time pearls both natural and modern cultured pearls occur in a wide variety of colors.
Pearl color has a major impact on cost although there are other factors to consider as well such as size type quality shape and luster.
If a pearl color is uniform and even it adds to the value of the stone.
They can naturally be produced in pastel shades of pink lavender and peach and are also often dyed brighter colors.
As the rarest pearls on earth a single strand of these magnificent gems can take many years of harvests to assemble as each pearl must be painstakingly matched for size roundness color and quality.
Their sizes vary from around 2 0 mm to 15 0 mm.
These types of pearls are generally grown in rivers ponds and lakes and predominantly in china.
While white is a naturally occurring color in freshwater and akoya pearls these types are routinely bleached to create an even whiter bodycolor and then subjected to a treatment.
Deep body tones with beautiful overtone colors are more expensive than duller stones.
Pearls that grow with a natural white color include akoya pearls freshwater pearls south sea pearls and even occasional tahitian pearls which are most often dark.
Saltwater pearls include the akoya cultured pearls grown in japanese and chinese waters.
They range in size from 2mm tiny to 10mm rare and are usually white or cream in color and round in shape.
White and golden south sea pearl types.
These pearls come from china and are available in a wide range of pearl colors shapes and sizes.
The value of the pearls in jewelry is determined by a combination of the luster color size lack of surface flaw and symmetry that are appropriate for the type of pearl under consideration.
These can range in size from 6 0 7 0mm up through 15 0 16 0mm and higher depending on the pearl type you choose.
However they can be produced in varying shapes and a range of pastel colours.
