Tahitian Pearls Buying Guide

Tahitian pearls

Tahitian pearls, symbols of luxury and perfection, long time for their exceptional beauty and value are seeking. Sea pearls and Tahitian pearls are valued as queen of creation. Tahitian pearls are named after the tropical island of Tahiti. Tahiti's black-lipped oysters iridescent black, brown, green and black beads to produce a unique array. Japanese Akoya cultured pearl cultivation technology, employment, French Polynesia in 1965 the farmers began cultivating large black pearls. Nowadays, Tahitian pearl farming has spread thousands of miles around the island is over. Tahiti due to government promotion, demand for black Tahitian pearls rise 5-10% a year. Tahitian Pearl Quality

Luster, nacre thickness, surface, color, shape, size: Six factors determine the quality Tahitian pearls. Shell thickness

Nacre thickness is the most important factor when measuring quality of Tahitian pearls. This determines how long the beauty of Tahitian pearls will last. Tahitian pearls with thick nacre last a life time, while Tahitian pearls with thin nacre will not last long, their nacre will wear off over time. French Polynesia government 0.8mm Tahitian pearls have established a minimum nacre thickness. Tahitian pearls with nacre thickness less than 0.8mm are prohibited from export. Surface quality

Rate of the surface quality of Tahitian pearls are four grades: A, B, C, D quality Tahitian pearls are the highest quality and they are most valuable. A Quality: Tahitian pearls with high luster and clean surface (a few minor flaws surface of the beads are distributed over at least 10% B) quality: high brightness and small surface defects (there are some minor flaws medium Tahitian pearls with beads distributed more than 30% of the surface quality) C: Tahitian pearls with medium high and medium surface defects (a few minor flaws are distributed over 60% of pearl's surface.

D Quality: Tahitian pearls are seen tremendous luster (pearl many minor flaws or surface several deep holes are distributed over 60%)

The best expression of the beauty of a pearl's luster. It is the quality of light reflection from the surface of beads. Luster pearl measure surface shininess. High quality Tahitian pearls have high luster and mirror-like finish. Thicker shell results in higher brightness. Tahitian pearls sharp and intense reflection of light with high brightness and a steely look like metal. Size

The most common sizes of Tahitian pearls range from 8mm to 14mm. Some more 16mm and 18mm Tahitian pearls are very rarely. The largest in the world, a round and a semi-round Tahitian pearls pearl beads is 25mm 21mm. Larger beads, pearls are more valuable. Size

Tahitian pearls have the following sizes:

O Round

Half Round O

O Semi - baroque

O Baroque

O or ringed round the round the most desirable and valuable addition to all shapes. Other shapes may have special appeal to jewelry artists. Round pearls are almost perfect spheres. Round Tahitian pearls Tahitian pearls are rare and the rate of production only accounts for 5-10% of production each year. Semi-round pearls are nearly round. Semi - baroque pearls are subdivided into four shapes: drop, button, pear and oval. Baroque pearls are described as irregular shapes. Color

Tahitian black lipped pearl oysters produce natural black. However, natural color Tahitian pearls are famous for their black, they black, brown, blue, green and has a wide range of colors including brown. These colors are referred to as body paint. Body colors are enhanced by at least one overtone color. Overtone colors blue, gold, silver, pink and red are purple. Different names for a combination of overtone and body color is. Black Peacock: Green

Pistachio: Green Grey

Cherry: purplish black

Champagne: yellow gray

Lavender: Blue Black

Tahitian Gold: Gold Black

Dove Gray: purplish gray

Silver: Grey

Moon Grey: In addition to these colors yellow, gray, peacock and pistachios are the most popular colors. More and pistachio Tahitian pearls with other colors with the colors of pearls have a higher value. Tahitian pearls Buying

The Tahitian pearl jewelry, color, quality, size, design, procurement, installation, and Tahitian pearl jewelry should be noted the match. Low-quality Tahitian pearls (medium or heavy blemishes) only top quality Tahitian pearls (innocent or too little seen) are worth the small fraction. This store provides detailed information on the quality of Tahitian pearls you store them is important to ask. Real Tahitian pearls and imitation Tahitian pearls

Be cautious about imitation Tahitian pearls sold in the market. Here are the differences between real Tahitian pearls and imitation Tahitian pearls are a few tips. Real Tahitian pearls have the following characters: 1. Green, gray, blue, peacock, eggplant or magenta: Real Tahitian pearls have overtones or color. Real Tahitian pearls have a faint red glow when viewed through crossed filters.


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