A cultured saltwater akoya pearl is the product of a synthesis between humans and nature.
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Akoya pearls are currently being harvested in sizes from as small as 1 mm up to the very rare 10 11 mm.
Prices of akoya strands can range from 300 to more than 10 000 view our most expensive akoya pearl jewelry view our lowest priced akoya pearl jewelry.
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The akoya pearl oyster is the smallest pearl bearing saltwater oyster currently being used to create pearls today.
An average akoya pearl is only 7 mm while an average south sea pearl is in the 12 mm range.
A classic strand of white pearls can range from 100 mostly the freshwater pearls variety to over 10 000 akoya and south sea pearls.
Akoya pearls are the specialty of japanese pearl farms.
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Because akoya pearls are a high quality pearl you ll find them set with gold posts and clasps and you ll find they are well matched for size shape and color.
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An interesting piece of akoya pearl trivia is that the akoya oyster is the smallest commercially farmed pearl producing oyster.
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The first pearls to be cultured early in the 1920s their white color and rosé overtone complement a fair complexion.
The longer the better as this allows the pearl to acquire thicker nacre layers.
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A mother of pearl shell bead nucleus is inserted into the host oyster along with a square of donor mantle tissue from another oyster who has previously borne pearls of high or exceptional value and the oyster is left to begin secreting around the nucleus eventually forming a pearl.
Both the shape and the size of the pearls are highly important when it comes to the price of a necklace which is why a very large south sea pearl necklace could be valued at over 100 000.
It can only accommodate one or two bead nuclei at a time and after the implantation surgery the pearl is left to grow for a period of 18 months to two years.