Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Freshwater Pearl to Enhance Your looks

All jewelry is meant to enhance the looks of the wearer, but there is something special about the pearl. It not only enhances the looks of the wearer, but also gives a sense of calm as well. Freshwater pearl earrings come in many lavish colors, shapes and sizes. Set in various metals such as white gold solid or plated, yellow gold, rose gold and silver, these freshwater gems are truly beautiful to behold.

Plumeria flowers, dolphins, sea turtles, fishhooks and other tropical representations are the settings for these freshwater earrings. Rose gold settings go extremely well with our lavender colored freshwater pearls. Yellow freshwater pearls look great when set in yellow gold settings. There are many pearl and setting combinations that can be a feast for the eyes.

Aloha Pearls’ freshwater earrings come in many dazzling colors. We have exotic black freshwater pearl earrings that are a blue/black color resembling the Tahitian pearls. Other colors are traditional white, pink, lavender and peach.

Baroque freshwater earrings are very popular. These are irregular shaped pearls that dangle from tropical settings made of gold or silver with pendants or necklaces to match. Coin pearls, stick pearls, round and near round pearls are the many different shapes that we make our freshwater earrings from. All of these precious stones will give pleasure to the wearer and enhance your looks many fold.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Choosing an Oyster With Pearl

All cultured oysters have pearls inside. These mollusks have pearl nuclei implanted in their gonads, therefore they must produce a pearl, and this is what cultured pearls are all about. There are many myths regarding how to choose an oyster that may have a unique pearl inside, but these could very well be just myths. There are different types of mollusks that have their own range of colors for the pearls they produce, for example, the Pinctata maxima is a very large South Sea oyster that produces pearls of the silver and golden variety, better known as the South Sea golden pearls. Pinctata magaritifera oyster produces the famous Tahitian black pearls and so on. All pearls come in various sizes and shapes.

There are three types of oyster with pearls to choose from and they are oval freshwater pearls, round freshwater pearls and round saltwater pearls. These are all high quality pearls with beautiful luster. These pearls come in an array of colors and each color corresponds to a particular mode of nature, like passion, fortune, good luck and success. All of our oyster-with-pearl combos are quite reasonably priced and fun to assemble. No tools required, a child could do it; in fact, the children are quite fond of these pick-a-pearl from the oyster.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Everything You Should Know about Wish Pearl

Wish pearl is the name we give our pick-a-pearl from the oyster set. Perfect pearls are taken directly from the oyster by the customer and placed in a lovely locket to make a stunning necklace. Once the wish pearl is taken from the body of the oyster, three design choices of pendants are available to display your new pearl. Plated in white gold, these popular designs of a sea turtle, plumeria flower and sea star display the pearl very nicely. These lovely pearl pendants are easy to assemble and fun. Each oyster contains at least one colorful lustrous pearl and each color represents a mode, or instance, pink represents passion, white represents fortune, black represents good luck and so on. Wish pearls come in three types.

The first is an oval or egg shaped pearl, the second type is a perfectly round pearl and the third type is a salt water pearl. All these pearls will fit nicely in any of the three types of pendants that comes with it. The plumeria or Hawaiian flower, the sea turtle and the sea star are the three designs that are available to place your whish pearl inside. Once the pearl is taken from the oyster, rinse with water and towel dry, that is all that is required assemble these tropical pendants. Children as well as adults can enjoy wearing these elegant necklaces plated in white gold.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Wish Pearl - Choosing Pearl Jewelry

Men, women and children alike enjoy opening the oyster’s shell to find a perfect pearl with brilliant colors and amazing luster. There are two types of mollusks with three types of pearls.

The freshwater mollusk produces a round and oval shaped pearl and the third type of pearl comes from the second type of mollusk or the saltwater oyster. These pearls are perfectly round, highly lustrous and practically flawless. Make a wish! Pick a pearl! Good luck and prosperity is yours when take the pearl from the host with your own hands.

Choosing pearl jewelry for these special pearls that are still within the oyster are quite an experience. One gets a better appreciation of the pearl once the wish pearl is taken from the body of the oyster. Three design choices of pendants are available to display your new pearl. Plated in white gold, these popular designs of a sea turtle, plumeria flower and sea star display the pearl very nicely. These lovely self assembled pearl pendants are elegant.

Each mollusk holds a colorful surprise within its shell. The wish pearl container is easy to open and comes with a color chart that tells what each pearl color means. Instead of choosing a pendant for your wish pearl we have cell phone straps that attach to your techno gadgets, backpack or purse. The same three designs for necklaces are also used for the cell phone. These make excellent gifts and party favors. You can order as many as you like. See our web site for more information.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Tahitian Pearl Necklace: The Epitome of Elegant Simplicity

Tahitian pearls are the dark jewels of the Pacific Ocean. The pristine archipelagos of French Polynesia are home to the pinctada margaritifera mollusk that produces the famous black pearl. Peacock blue, pistachio green, and blueberry are just a few of the rich colors that can be found in these Tahitian pearls.

“Elegant simplicity” finds repose in a shimmering strand of peacock Tahitian pearls. A favorite among many Tahitian pearl lovers; these emerald-like gems with their red and blue overtones are unrivaled. There is nothing more that needs to be said. Any lady, who dons such a beautiful Tahitian necklace, is truly displaying the epitome of elegance and simplicity.

Multi-colored Tahitian strand necklaces emanate rays of light and color that soothes the mind. We have quite an assortment of these necklaces to choose from. These pearls range from 9.0 mm to 11.0 mm in size. Tahitian silver pearls are very enchanting. These rare silvery Tahitian pearls that are sorted and matched for color, then arranged in a graduated order with the larger pearls toward the center of the necklace. Because of the rarity of these large silver Tahitian pearls, it takes years just to make one strand.

Tahitian chocolate pearl necklaces are entering the markets with approving eyes. These golden brown processed pearls compliment the human flesh tones and come in all the standard Tahitian pearl sizes.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Selecting Akoya Pearl Earrings


Akoya pearls come in several colors and sizes. These beautiful pearls are set in lovely earring settings. Golden studs or dangles with diamonds or crystals that increases the beauty of those who wear these classic gems. Whether these cultured pearls are set in hoops or dangle bars, they sway every so gently as the wearer moves about. For those earrings with crystals or diamonds, the light catches these gems as they dance on the ears giving them an effulgence that matches the gleam in the eyes of the lucky lady who adds these akoya pearl earrings to their ensemble.

Akoya pearl earrings have a luster that equals the famous peacock Tahitian pearls. These very hard and round pearls are smooth and shiny like glass. Their rich colors are classic and pure. Many people think of akoya cultured pearls only as traditional - and beautiful - white pearls, but they actually come in a variety of colors. Pearly white, pale yellow, golden and blueberry, even a silvery blue that boggles the mind. These are some of the amazing colors of this type of pearls. Many of our akoya stud earrings come with matching necklaces and bracelets.

There are multi-strand bracelets of perfect matching and clasps of white and yellow gold. All of these bracelets come in light or dark colored akoya pearls.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

How to Choose Freshwater Loose Pearls

There are so many wonderful types of freshwater loose pearls to choose from here at ‘Aloha Pearls’. How does one choose from so many varieties, and how does one know what shape and size to purchase? These questions are easily answered. One only has to know what type of jewelry or purpose the pearls will be used for. If you want to make earrings, or a bracelet, perhaps a beautiful pendant or broche, you will have to have a design in mind. Will it be a teardrop pendant or a cluster pendant? A bracelet made of uniform pearls will require sorting out nearly identical pearls of the same body color, shape and size. Once you know what your loose pearls will be used for and how they will look as jewelry, then you are ready to sort through our large collection of loose freshwater pearls.

We have: golden freshwater loose pearls 11.0 mm to 12.0 mm, blue drop freshwater pearls 7.0 mm to 14.0 mm, we also have free form pearls or one-of-a-kind pearls that make unique pendants and rings. The buyer can purchase many colors in freshwater pearls such as: black, white, pink and lavender. All of our freshwater loose pearls are available for purchase at wholesale.

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Freshwater Pearl Pendants and the Classic Elegance it Brings

Because of their abundance and relatively low price, freshwater pearl pendants are quite common. Tissue nucleated freshwater pearls often lend themselves to the creation of fanciful pendants made of gold, diamonds and crystals.

Golden dolphins, octopuses, flower clusters and many other tropical designs can be found within our numerous selection of pendants. Three drop and two drop pearl pendants are very popular for the lady of simple elegance. A single drop lasso pendant is a very big seller because of its uniqueness. These drop pendants come with different colors of pearls such as pink, black and white. There are 2 drop pearl earrings to match these classic necklaces.

Freshwater mabe pendants are also very elegant and classic. These odd shaped pendants are in white-gold plated wire and sprinkled with crystals. The pearls are embedded in the shell and the shell and pearl are one piece. If you like things that are unique and different, this is the pendant for you.

Another imaginative pendant design is the ‘diamond hat’ that holds the pearl in its grip and is encrusted with small diamonds. It appears as a crown of a fruit before it is plucked from the tree. Pineapple crown pendants are similar in structure and they hold beautifully colored pearls to look like celestial fruits or berries. All are tropical themes and come with chains of all lengths.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Finding The Perfect Style and Size Cultured Pearl Necklaces

The perfect style and size of cultured pearl necklaces are crucial to a lady’s satisfaction. Because of the different types of pearl shapes in today’s market, the options are vast therefore making a decision on the perfect style takes a little for thought. Cultured pearl necklaces can also be classified as uniform, or graduated. In a uniform strand of pearls, all pearls are classified as the same size. A graduated strand of pearls most often has at least 3 mm of differentiation from the ends to the center of the necklace.

Pearls come in eight basic shapes: round, semi-round, drop, pear, oval, baroque, and circled. Perfectly round pearls are the rarest and most valuable shape. Semi-rounds are also used in cultured pearl necklaces. These symmetrical pearls are properly matched to give balance and a pleasing appearance to the strands.

Sizes of pearls vary greatly therefore the choices are varied in that department as well. Ranging from 6.5 mm to 12.0 mm, these cultured pearls are also strung in many lengths. While most other necklaces are simply referred to by their physical measurement, pearl necklaces are named by how low they hang when worn around the neck. A collar, measuring 10 to 13 inches in length, sits directly against the throat and does not hang down the neck at all. Chokers measure 14 to 16 inches in length, nestled just at the base of the neck. The princess measures 17 to 19 inches in length and these come down to or just below the collarbone. The matinee measures 20 to 24 inches in length and falls just above the breasts. An opera length necklace measures 28 to 35 inches and these are long enough to reach the sternum of the wearer. And finally the pearl rope which measures 45 inches in length and is any length that falls farther than an opera length necklace.

So these are attributes to consider when shopping for the perfect style and size of necklaces.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Cultured Pearl Earrings Add Glamour to Your Movement


Women of all ages and all occupations wear earrings, even men. Today, all cultured pearls are of good quality and come in many varieties of shapes sizes and colors. As far as shapes are concerned, we have several basic shapes such as studs, hoops, spirals, dangles, triangles and loops. Most of our earrings are adorned with diamonds and set in yellow, white and rose gold, and many are sterling silver with cubic zirconium crystals or the famous swarovski crystals. Other fabulous designs are 2 drop and 3 drop dangles made with fine tear drop pearls. These marvelous earrings are plated in white gold and will not tarnish.

Akoya pearl earrings, freshwater, Tahitian and South Sea pearl earrings are the basic types. Our famous plumeria dangle earrings come in all the types of gold; any combination is breathtaking. Imagine yellow South Sea pearls with a rose-gold plumeria attached to it, or lavender pearls set in rose-gold. These South Sea pearl earrings are large pearls with intricate settings.

Copper-colored freshwater coin-pearls or cream-colored coin pearls separated by swarovski crystals make unique earrings. A new design in earrings is the “spiral”. These pearl jewels are actually gold twists that hang from the ears and have a pearl that dangles from the coil of solid gold and is embellished with a diamond of the size 0.08 ct. weight for each ear. All of our cultured pearl earrings carry the essence of Hawaii.

Monday, August 9, 2010

Pearl Powder

About 40% of all the nucleated mollusks will yield usable cultured pearls. Out of so many thousands of cultured pearls, a small percentage of the gems are of jewelry quality and out of so many of these, only a few are of the AA class, making flawless and high sheen pearls rare.

Many unusable pearls are ground to a powder. The pearl powder is then used in other products. In India, many people ingest pearl power for health reasons. In today’s markets, pearl powder is an ingredient of women’s facial care products, also toothpaste. Many remedies for strengthening bones require pearl powder.

This pearl powder is used in many of our products such as soaps, facial creams, bath gels, bath salts, and lotions. All of these “Aloha Pearls” products have pearl powder as a main ingredient. Pearl power is known for rejuvenating skin cells. You can purchase any of these products on line. One of our products that is worth mentioning here is “Aloha Pearls Pearl Cream” that has rejuvenating pearl powder for renewing skin cells and natural facial cream that moistens the skin. The creams are scented with island fruits and flowers like passion fruit and plumeria.

As you can see, there are many uses for pearls, not only are pearls beautiful jewels, but also medicine and therapeutic.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

A Pearl Jewelry Item

A pearl pendant is a splendid work of art, it hangs on a 14 k gold chain that flashes like many miniature flashbulbs. One lovely pendant design that I find especially nice is the “baby cradle” pendant, made of sterling silver, millesimal fineness 925 or 92.5% silver and 7.5% cooper alloy. This design does resemble a type of cradle effect. In the midst of the cradle is a wonderful cream colored pearl about 8 mm in diameter. The sterling silver cradle is encrusted with cubic zirconium crystals that reflect onto the pearl itself. These pendants are used as settings for all of our many colors of fresh water pearls. The pendants are made with carefully chosen high luster and low surface blemish pearls. We sort through and categorize our pearls by its characteristics. Out of so many sorted pearls only a few will meet the standard for a showcase pendant pearl.

Purchasing wholesale freshwater pearls at trade shows and auctions are the best places to purchase loose pearls or lots as they are called in the business. With each lot of pearls there is a small percentage that will be top grade. The more lots you purchase the more high-grade pearls you will have to make high-end jewelry items.

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Monday, July 12, 2010

Grace and Sophistication


“Aloha Pearls”, a company that is synonymous with grace and sophistication, because all of our jewelry gives our ladies that look. Elegant pearls set in artistic settings will give a look of sophistication.

Pearls combined with diamonds, precious metals and other precious or semi-precious stones is a formula for sophistication. Our combinations of these pearls, metals and stones give the consumer a choice that best fits their personality. Whether it is a brooch, necklace or pearl bracelets, all of our jewelry will lift the wearer to a high status.

Within are stock are large varieties of south sea pearls, black pearls with celestial overtones and fresh water pearls that give pleasure to the eyes.
Any lady with exquisite taste will be happy to add any of our high fashion pearl jewelry to their collection.

When purchasing any of our sea pearls, it is comparable to purchasing a small piece of the South Sea Islands, with its freshness, clear oceans and emerald palm trees swaying in the soft tropical breezes. No matter where one resides, when a Tahitian pearl is placed on the body, immediately the warm tropical sun mixed with cool trade winds are felt in the heart. So why not take a little piece of paradise with you to warm the soul.

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Monday, June 28, 2010

Varieties of Peals

Pearls are not just little white orbs strung together and worn as a necklace. Cultured pearls are still new to some buyers. Many are amazed to see colors of pearls that are not white. In order to understand more about pearls and their different varieties, let us start with basic categories.

The first breakdown in categorizing pearls is freshwater and saltwater. The freshwater pearls come in many pastel colors like lavender, peach, orange, white, cream, purple, brown, and yellow. Fresh water pearls do not need a bead nucleus, instead the mussel takes a piece of its own mantle tissue which secrets nacre (mother of pearl) and produces a solid pearl with no central bead core. H. Cumingi is the name of the common freshwater mussel. Most of the freshwater pearl farms are in China, about 300 miles outside of Shanghai. These oysters produce many varieties of shapes such as round, oval, and baroque (odd shaped) pearls.

There are three basic types of saltwater pearls, namely: Akoya, Tahitian and South sea pearls. The akoya pearls also come in a large variety of shapes and colors. Most of the farming of these sea pearls is in Japan. Akoya is the name of the pearls of this region. Highly lustrous, hard and round are the basic characteristics of akoya pearls. Your classic white pearl strands are usually akoya pearls. Most of these gems are light colored but occasionally a beautiful blue-black or blueberry pearl appears.

A second type of pearl is the fabulous Tahitian pearl that range from a silvery color to a deep blue green.

The third and final type is the south sea pearl, normally farmed in Australia or the Philippines. The oysters are the largest species and can produce an extremely large golden pearl.

Monday, June 14, 2010

An Exquisite Choice of Jewelry


What can be better than a pair of large black Tahitian pearl earrings for an exquisite choice of jewelry, or a necklace strand of black pearls to enhance your beauty.

Designers look for imaginative ways to use Tahitian cultured pearls in jewelry. “Aloha Pearls” carry many designs in pendants, rings and earrings that are breathtaking.

When traveling to the south pacific and Hawaii, these exotic pearls reflect the tropical tranquility of a Polynesian paradise. Aubergine is a unique color that is sometimes found in the Tahitian oyster pearl. Pistachio with rose overtones or avocado with blue overtones are just a few of the magical colors that radiate from these south sea pearls. The average size of these dark beauties is 9.5mm. Just one pearl set in gold can be a feast for the eyes.

“Aloha Pearls” is introducing a new pearl strand called the “Fireball” which are large baroque freshwater pearls with unusually high luster. These are very large freshwater pearls resembling fire opal. Theses heavenly necklaces come in princess lengths or 17 inches. Their high orient gives them a rainbow hue. Some strands are snow white and others are a cream color. The choice is yours.

Whether one chooses exotic south sea pearls or common freshwater rounds, the results will be the same, pure satisfaction. White pearls, black pearls, pink or orange, they are all precious gems. Give her a gift of “Aloha”.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Classical Freshwater Pearl Necklace

Perfectly spherical freshwater cultured pearls are rare. Each rare pearl is collected and sorted to make that special princess strand for that luck lady.

Clear pristine lakes are the abodes of the freshwater mussels that produce freshwater pearls. We have many pearls of assorted hues, like yellow, orange, pink and purple. You have to see our beautiful lavender freshwater pearls with their blue overtones, truly a wonder. Many of our freshwater pearls have overtones of rose, blue and green.

We carry many variations of station pearl necklaces. These are necklaces with cultured pearls positioned at regular intervals on cord. Some of our necklaces have diamond roundels at intervals which gives them a fiery appearance.

A strand of excellent white freshwater pearls is the ultimate in classic neckwear. These perfectly round and highly lustrous jewels come in many lengths. The choker, the princess and the matinee are the names of the different lengths, ranging from 16 to 22 inches. The different lengths of these necklaces inspire different moods.

All of our cultured pearl necklaces are irresistible and the prices are also irresistible.

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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Pearls In Oysters


Everyone is fascinated by the idea of finding their own pearl within an oyster. You can actually have that experience at “Aloha Pearls”. There are beautiful fresh water pearls directly from the oyster, dazzling like tiny suns. We also have the highly lustrous akoya pearls that come from a saltwater oyster. All of the pearls come in an array of colors each with its own meaning. These marvelous gems of the sea are unlike any other jewelry; once taken from the oyster, it is ready to be worn, not cutting, polishing and process. It is the oldest jewelry in any culture. Pearls were among the first jewelry valued by humans.

Pearls in oysters can be of various shapes other than round or near round, like teardrop or oval. Some pearl come our of the oyster with irregular shapes and these different shapes inspire the designer to create complementary settings of gold and diamonds.

Rings, pendants, bracelets and necklaces and many other types of jewelry are adorned with pearls. There are ancient myths about pearls, they have always been auspicious. These sea jewels are now becoming affordable and the quality of these pearls in oysters are first class.

Monday, May 3, 2010

The Jewels from the Deep!

Pearls are the gifts of nature to us. It’s amazing the way these jewels from the deep are formed. Whereas normal gems need to be polished once they are extracted from the earth pearls need no such treatment. These emerge from the oyster with an iridescence that shimmers, and is lustrous and with a soft glow that emanates naturally from its inside. A pearl forms due to the irritant that gets lodged inside a live oyster in a natural process. This irritant could be a piece of shell or a parasite. In its anxiety to get rid of the outsider the oyster secretes layers of nacre that ultimately becomes the smooth and lustrous pearl over a period of time. When you buy pearl jewelry it could be made of natural pearls or cultured ones that are formed by artificially introducing the irritant inside the oyster.

A lot of research goes into making cultured pearls that finally adorn the pretty necks, fingers or ears of ladies as pearl jewelry. This includes identifying oysters that produce superior pearls, placing of mantle tissue and then the nucleus from a freshwater mussel into the oyster and returning the nucleated oyster in nutrient rich bays for further growth of the pearls. Periodically the oysters are raised or lowered depending on the temperature and other conditions. They are also lifted, washed, treated with anti-parasite medicines and cleaned of weeds and barnacles that might be clinging to them. After several long months, the cultured pearls are finally ready for harvesting.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Pearl earrings for Your Wedding Day

For ones special Wedding Day there many things to consider and among those are what type of jewelry to wear on the big day. For many years that true classic type of pearl jewelry has been the Akoya pearl earring. These true lustrous white pearls have been used for millions of weddings across the world as the true classic pearl earrings for your wedding day.

Pink overtones are the most popular for Americans for akoya earrings as this soft pink overtone is the most sought after pearl color overtones. Of course these colors command a small premium but they are worth it as the colors are so outstanding that it’s hard to compare to the cream or straight white overtones that are seen in most akoya pearls. White of course is almost synonymous with weddings as most wedding dresses, cakes and jewelry are white so akoya pearls are a natural choice for most to celebrate on this special day.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Freshwater Pearl Pendants - Charm of Pearls

Pearl pendants are popular among many different people but freshwater pearls are one of the most popular pearls because mainly of cost among other factors. A simple silver freshwater pearl can be a charm of a pearl at a very low cost at sometimes under $38. This is simply one of the best deals out there when looking for pearl pendants. Instead of spending over $2000 for a beautiful Tahitian pearl set in platinum one could use freshwater pearl and save a bundle as this is one of the charms of this type of pearl.

Freshwater pearl pendants are one of the most popular styles of pearls on this world and most people have at least one pearl pendant in their jewelry box. Probably most of these pearls are freshwater but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing, it’s just what it is and what is popular among the different types of pearls on the market today.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Freshwater pearl Earrings - "Grace and Sophistication"

One of the most successful pearl retailers I know in mainland China usually wears a beautiful white freshwater round necklace that looks better than most south sea pearl necklaces most people have the pleasure to see. Lingling from Lingling pearls in Beijing and Shanghai has one of the prettiest white freshwater necklaces that one can see and the size is quite impressive as well.

It radiates grace and sophistication when she wears these large 12-13mm round freshwater pearls. But of course she has to match her necklace with a pair of 12-13mm white freshwater pearls that look better than most White South Sea pearls as well. Her freshwater pearl earrings are one of the nicest pairs of earrings that just say sophistication and grace so simply and delicate. Freshwater pearls don’t have just be simple 7mm studs. These can be large freshwater pearls that are unparallel in size and beauty.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Pearl Pendant Varieties of Pearls

A variety of pearls can be used to make many different styles of Pearl pendants. With rose gold chocolate Tahitian pearls and lavender pearls seem to work the best. With black Tahitian pearls white or yellow gold seems to suit it much better as opposed to using pink gold to make the pearl pendant. It’s such that certain varieties of pearls work better with certain varieties of gold and semi precious stones that are used to make the overall design.

So it is with any type of gemstone but perhaps especially with Pearl pendants as the pearl is a very soft glow to begin with. Understanding this soft glow will help when choosing your choice of pearl pendant and metal used with the pearl. Pearls are not the intense brilliance of diamonds but rather the soft glow that is seen with pearls. Even freshwater pearls dressed up in a beautiful setting can make a dramatic impression to anyone that loves pearls.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Akoya Pearl Earrings - An Exquisite Choice of Jewelry

The most classic of pearls on the market is unquestionably the Akoya pearl. This is the oldest pearl to be cultured in modern times and is still very popular among pearl lovers worldwide. Large sizes always go for a premium but medium sizes are more popular and affordable to most consumers of these pearls.

Akoya pearl earrings are usually set in 14k or 18k yellow gold in studs or in a simple dangling style. Sometimes akoya pearls are mixed in with freshwater pearls to give a little more color to the pearl jewelry. Most of the popular sizes are six or seven millimeter round shape for the akoya earrings. Anything over eight millimeter starts to become very expensive as this size is mostly cultivated in Japan and is quite rare and pricey. There are even nine millimeter pearls on the market but these are extremely expensive and are usually not seen in jewelry stores.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Classical Pearl Jewellery

The freshwater pearl pendant is the best deal when purchasing a less expensive pearl. Tahitian or south sea pearls can be nearly 300% more costly than freshwater pearls. Finding bigger sizes of freshwater pearls are not that hard in any means. Any jewelry who describes the best thing about a freshwater pendant, would say the freshwater pearl has outlasting quality. Different shapes of the pearl on a setting will bring personal satisfaction.
Tear drop shapes and large round shapes are a few of the choices for the pearl. Settings are mostly done in 14k gold either in white, yellow, or rose gold. This piece of jewelry can be worn every day. Pink or cream colors are among the best for showing the true natural color of the pearl. In ways it is such simple pendant, with star like features that will turn heads at every corner.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Freshwater Pearl Necklace

A freshwater pearl necklace is probably one of the best deals going for pearl jewelry in the world. You can get a nice size, near round freshwater pearl strand that will cost a fraction of what Tahitian pearls would. Also, now days, freshwater pearls are getting bigger and bigger so that people can buy freshwater pearls that are bigger than or just as big as most Tahitian pearls on the market today.

Another nice feature that freshwater pearls have it that they are 99% nacre in density as opposed to have a shell nucleolus. This means that freshwater pearls have the potential to last much longer than Tahitian pearls so that they can passed on for generation to generation for many years to come. It’s really hard to beat a beautiful lavender or pink freshwater near round strand on the neck of a lovely woman. Freshwater pearls would be one the most affordable and prettiest choices.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Quality Pearl Bracelets Make Great Gifts

Is your girlfriend celebrating her birthday soon or graduating from college? What better way to show how much you care than with a beautiful pearl bracelet.

If it’s a really special event like an engagement, a great gift may be a special bracelet in 14k gold with Baroque drop and round pearls with handcrafted charms in a variety of materials like ebony, mother of pearl, silver, and gold. Such valuable blings for women with refined tastes can even be passed on to the next generation.

Indeed, quality pearl bracelets are all the rage. Today, it’s not just famous people like Hollywood stars and royalty, or business titans and socialites who get to enjoy pearls, but ordinary women who lead quieter lives. Pearls attract many women not only for their simplicity and style, but also for their symbolisms. Mauve pearl bracelets, for example, can symbolize passion and exuberance. White bracelets, rings & earrings with pearls and other gems exude understated elegance. Pearl jewelry in single color or a rainbow of nice pastel hues can add a timeless appeal and gorgeous touch to your overall look.