About South Sea Pearl

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ABOUT SOUTH SEA PEARL
Pearl Gemstone
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.
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COLOR
Pearl Colors
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.
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SIZE
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
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SHAPE
South Sea pearls come in several beautiful
shapes, including
Round Semi-round Baroque Semi-baroque
Drop Button Oval Circle Ringed While round and
drop-shaped South Sea pearls are costly.
Pearl Shape
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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 collectors
markets.
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