About South Sea Pearl

South Sea Pearls are the largest and one of the rarest of pearls. South Sea pearls are cultured using a large, white-lipped oyster, hand- selected from the waters of the South Pacific.

The oyster is about twice the size of the Akoya pearl oyster and produces much larger pearls..South Sea pearls have the highest value and command the highest prices of all types of pearls.

Pearl Gemstone

ABOUT SOUTH SEA PEARL

Pearl Colors

COLO R:

Silver-lipped South Sea pearl oysters mostly produce pearls in the white, silver, aqua and blue family of overtones. The gold-lipped variety produces the cream, champagne, and deeper golden variety.

South Sea pearls can be found in the range of 8 to 20 mm, with the average being 12 mm. Even though immensely rare, some pearls have been found larger than 20 mm.

Pearl Size

SIZ E:

Round Semiround Baroque Semibaroque Drop Butto n Oval Circle Ringe

South Sea pearls come in several beautiful shapes, including:

Pearl Shape

SHAPE:

ORIGIN:

The majority of white South Sea pearls are cultured along the northwest coast of Australia. Pearls of the golden variety are also produced in the Philippines and Indonesia or in rare occasions from Burma.

VALUE: Prices of pearls are based on several quality factors. The values provided in this guide are for round cultured pearls. Baroque pearls are about 25- 35% the cost of round pearls. Natural pearls are extremely rare, and largely limited to auction and collector’s markets.

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