Akoya Pearl Earrings Are Real Eye Catchers

Women of all cultures always seek after simple elegance. Akoya pearls have always been the pearls of choice. These pearls are uniquely brilliant and perfectly round which makes them best sellers. These pearls are also known for their pristine clarity and minimal inclusions.

Pinctata Fucata is the name of the species and they have always been abundant in Japanese ocean waters. These oysters are smaller than other pearl oysters. When fully grown these oysters measure about 3 to 5 inches in diameter. These akoya pearls range in sizes from 2mm to 9mm. Unlike some larger species, akoya oysters can accept multiple nuclei, which is a bead made from the shells of freshwater mollusks.

Akoya pearl earrings come in a variety of soft colors. White is the traditional color of akoya pearl earrings, but they also come in cream, peach, emerald green and blue green. Whether these pearls are elaborately adorn with fancy settings of diamonds and gold or just a simple stud, they are always elegant and definitely catches the eye. Perfectly round cultured pearl earrings average 7.5mm to 8.5mm in size and because of their hardness they can be drilled easily without incident and nicely mounted on studs.

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.

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.

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.