A cultured pearl is a genuine pearl produced by an oyster or mollusk but with human assistance.
Cultured black pearls price.
You might have to open 10 000 oysters to find a single decent quality natural pearl.
Prices of pearls are based on several quality factors.
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Natural wild pearls are typically found by shellfish harvesters purely by accident.
How is a natural pearl created.
So how much are pearls worth.
A wild pearl will be worth more than a cultured pearl.
There are two main types of cultured pearls.
Akoya pearls tend to be smaller than most other cultured pearls with average sizes ranging from 6 to 9 millimeters.
They were the first pearls to ever be farmed more than 100 years ago and the first to claim worldwide acceptance among all cultured pearls.
The values provided in this guide are for round cultured pearls.
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Baroque pearls are about 25 35 the cost of round pearls.
Freshwater and saltwater pearls.
Cultured pearls are real pearls grown inside real oysters at pearl farms in japan australia indonesia china and many more locations.
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The biggest difference between natural pearls vs cultured pearls.
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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.
It s this rarity that gives them their high price tag not necessarily their beauty.
Prices of akoya strands can range from 300 to more than 10 000.
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To keep it short on average a pearl s value ranges from 300 to 1500.
Cultured black freshwater pearls please select the color of pearls you are interested in to narrow your search.