Akoya Pearls For Exquisite Beauty

Akoya pearls are saltwater cultured pearls. They were the first pearls to be cultured in the early 1900's. Kokochi Mikimoto was the first person to successfully grow round pearls in the akoya pearl oyster.

These pearls are the classic pearls, lustrous white pearls with pink overtones. Black akoya pearls are treated chemically to achieve their color. Akoya pearls are produced by implanting a bead made of polished shell into the oyster. Along with the bead, a small piece of mantle tissue from a donor is also implanted into the gonad of a saltwater mollusk. These pearls are grown one at a time and harvested after one year.

A natural pearl necklace can cost tens of thousands of dollars, while an akoya pearl necklace will cost around a thousand dollars. Smaller pearl strands can be had in the three hundred dollar range. In years past, every well dressed lady had to have a strand of pearls and the cost was significant.

Today we can have cultured pearls in many colors and at an affordable price. The original cultured Japanese pearls known as akoya pearls, were produced by a small variety of oyster and rarely exceeded 10mm in size. Today the akoya pearl mollusk is used in both China and Japan to produce akoya pearls and larger ones are available.

Japan maintains its status as a pearl processing center and imports many of its akoya pearls from China. They are sorted, matched, and exported as a product of Japan.

 


 

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