Many customers think of white or cream colored akoyas as the classic pearl used for jewelry especially single strand necklaces.
Kinds of pearls pictures.
Other things to consider budget and grading.
Saltwater pearls include the akoya cultured pearls grown in japanese and chinese.
Akoya cultured pearls are the most familiar type of saltwater cultured pearl to most people in the u s and other western markets.
The main thing to understand is the different types of pearls and proper pearl maintenance.
There are four major types of cultured whole pearls.
These types of pearls are generally grown in rivers ponds and lakes and predominantly in china.
There are also different types of mollusks that produce very different looking pearls.
Size large pearls are extremely rare and with sizes up to 20mm south sea pearls stand out from all the other types of pearls.
The main types of pearls.
Mabe pearls have beautiful luster and overtones and come in a range of colors although white and gold the main colors.
Pearls can be found in saltwater and in freshwater.
However they can be produced in varying shapes and a range of pastel colours.
These gorgeous pearls make for great pieces of jewelry and are very stylish and sophisticated.
Over 10 000 pearls may be sorted before a 16 single strand of beautifully matched pearls is assembled.
Many of these are white and generally resemble the akoya pearl in both size and shape.