where are akoya pearls found?
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Akoya pearls are currently farmed in Japan, China and to a lesser extent, Vietnam, Thailand and Australia. The vast majority of the world's akoya pearls are produced in Japan, which is the undisputed akoya pearl producing center of the world.
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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. These can be worth 10 to 20 times an equivalent Akoya cultured pearl.
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Keshi pearls are small non-nucleated pearls typically formed as by-products of pearl cultivation. A Japanese word also meaning "poppy" (ケシ, 芥子), it is used in Japanese for all pearls that grew without a nucleus. Originally, keshi pearls referred to those pearls formed when a bead nucleus was rejected.
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Tahitian Pearls are Dark and Exotic Exotic black pearls from the Pinctada margaritifera or Black-lip pearl oyster, are more commonly known as Tahitian pearls. ... Unlike the more common pearl types, Tahitian pearls typically have a naturally dark body color.
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Akoya pearls are the classic round, white pearls. They were the first pearls ever to be farmed, and are a little bit smaller. A strand of Akoya pearls can cost from $300 to more than $10,000. Generally, these are the smallest type of cultured pearl on the market.
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Other natural Akoya pearl colors are blue, silvery-blue and rarely, shimmering shades of Gold and Yellow. Black pearls (Akoya & Freshwater) are quite common, and the product of a color-treatment process, usually dye.
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Are Cultured Pearls Real? Cultured pearls are real pearls, grown in either freshwater or saltwater. They form when an irritant is inserted into an oyster shell. Once the irritant is there, layers of nacre form over the irritant to create the pearl.
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The finest specimens of all were found at the Tsumeb Mine in Tsumeb, Namibia. Tsumeb dioptase is transparent and often highly sought after by collectors. Dioptase is also found in the deserts of the southwestern US.
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Akoya pearls are rarely available over 10mm in size. Over 10mm pearls are typically Freshwater, Tahitian or South Sea. 12mm is just a hair under 1/2 inch, so 12mm pearls are about the same diameter as the thickness of a standard household sponge.
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['Beijing: cloisonné; fresh water pearls.', 'Shanghai: silk carpets, qipaos.', 'Hangzhou: Longjing tea, silk.', 'Suzhou: silk.', 'Guilin: scroll paintings, South China Sea pearls.', 'Tibet: thangka (tanka: sheep skin wall hangings)']
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Cultured Tahitian pearls are the most famous and prevalent naturally Black cultured saltwater pearls in the world. There is perhaps no piece of jewelry quite as exotic as a fine strand of Tahitian Pearls.
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Akoya pearls are inherently round, although every harvest produces a percentage of baroque and keshi pearls, which tend to have the bright luster and shine common to the akoya, but a shape and look reminiscent of a freshwater or baroque South Sea. Akoya pearls, unless color-treated, have neutral colors and overtones.
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Akoya pearls are extremely gorgeous cultured pearls. They come from Akoya oysters. This rare species is usually bred in hatcheries when produced using pearl farming, which is the process of cultivating pearls on a farm. The superior Akoya pearl luster is what sets it apart from others.
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Tahitian pearls are considered to be the second most valuable commercially farmed pearls in the world. Unlike black freshwater and black akoya pearls, which have been irradiated or dyed, Tahitians come by their dark color naturally.
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Freshwater Pearl Value Round freshwater pearls look almost identical to Akoya pearls but are less expensive, with a strand ranging from $50 to $2,000. They are versatile gemstones that are cultivated in freshwater, as opposed to sea or saltwater.
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Akoya Pearls are the Classic Pearl Variety The akoya pearl is a saltwater cultured pearl from the akoya oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii). Because akoya are the most abundant type of saltwater pearl with the longest cultured history, information on akoyas is abundant!
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Pearls are often dyed green, silver, black, or dark gold to meet market demand. Saltwater Akoya oysters, on the other hand, can produce exquisite pearl colors, such as silver-blue, but these are very expensive due to their high quality and scarcity.