South Sea pearl:It is mainly produced in the South Pacific Ocean, such as the northern coast of Australia, the southern waters of Malaysia and the Philippines, etc. It generally produces white and light to dark golden pearls. South Sea pearls are known for their South Sea white pearls and South Sea gold pearls. Compared to the rich colors of Akoya, South Sea white pearls are usually noble and cool white, with a silvery tint, accompanied by blue, pink or greenish light, and have the touch of ice and snow. Secondly, the layer of South Sea white beads is also thicker than Akoya, and the durability is higher than Akoya. The size of Nanyang white beads is generally 10mm jump to 20mm. big head, bead layer, so the price will not be cheap. The recently popular Australian white beads are actually Nanyang white beads, just because the origin is in Australia, so it is called Australian white. Relative to the white beads, the color of the gold beads can be from high to low, tea gold, strong gold, light gold, champagne gold, etc. in 10 levels. Compared to the yellow color of Akoya, the color of Nanyang gold beads will be more intense and have more presence. Like white beads, gold beads are large and have thick layers of beads, making them perfect for matching with clothes in the fall and winter seasons.
Tahitian pearls:95% of Tahitian pearls are produced in French Polynesia, where the largest island is called Tahiti, hence the name Tahitian pearls, which are often referred to as black pearls because of their ability to produce a variety of dark colors, such as silvery grey, greyish-black, greenish-blue, and brownish colors. It is a black pearl with a variety of colors such as gray, green, and purple, making it a true “colorful black” pearl. It is also thick and large, but unlike gold pearls and white pearls, black pearls have a mysterious color, and have recently become very popular in the market with people who have their own personalities and wear them out with their own personality.
Classifying pearls from the oysters that gave birth to them:
1. Trident mussel pearls: the main variety of freshwater cultured pearls, accounting for more than 95% of the market.
2. Mahi Mussel Pearls: also commonly known as akoya pearls, akoya means Mahi Mussel, very small in size, 90% of the mother-of-pearl of saltwater cultured pearls is Mahi Mussel. This kind of pearl is the most common saltwater cultured pearls in the market.
3. penguin shell pearls: belonging to the sea water pearls, this kind of pearl particles are larger, suitable for cultivation of nucleated pearls or large shelled pearls, the quality is also better, but the yield is lower.
4. White butterfly shell pearls: is the world's largest of the cultured mother of pearl, body size for the Marsupial shell of 30 times, so generally can breed larger saltwater pearls, we often hear of the white Nanyang pearl is produced in this shell, generally more than 10 millimeters in diameter.
5. Golden Lip Shell Pearls: often heard of golden Nanyang pearls are produced here, can produce different shades of golden pearls, generally more than 9 mm.
6. Black butterfly shell pearls: larger, more than 90% from French Polynesia's Tahiti (Tahiti), the output of the pearl color black, gray, blue, green, and brown, etc., because most of the color for the dark system, so people often called the black pearl, diameter are generally more than 9 mm.
7. Conch pearls: produced in a kind of Caribbean Sea inhabited by a large pink conch body, beads are usually pink, the middle of the white or coffee color, they have a unique flame-like surface traces, the shape of the quality is usually oval, symmetrical on both sides.