If you are new in the world of pearls, you can besurprise to see the variety of pearls prices although the appearance of each pearl are quite similar. Well, you need to keep in mind first, that pearls are also like diamonds. There are many factors that affect to pearl prices.
First thing you need to know about pearls is about its origin. There are two type of pearls, natural pearls and cultured pearls. Naturally occurring pearls are of course, more expensive than the culture pearls. This is due to the pearl producing process; type of oysters, time and shape of generated pearls.
Cultured pearls are originated in 19th century and become the major pearls in jewelry market today. The process ofcultured pearls production is involved with implanting of inclusion piece into oysters, waiting for sometimes for pearls development and finally collected pearls fromoyster. The technique use today can generate the round shape of pearls according to customer request.
The only way to tell the different between natural and cultured pearls is using an X-ray. You can’t really tell the difference by your naked eyes. If you havelimited budget, cultured pearl is your best choice to go for the beauty look of pearl jewelry.
Pearl size is another factor to determine pearl price. The bigger pearl size will cost more with other similar pearls quality, in general.
Perfect shape for pearl is the round shape. This is the ideal shape and the price will be the highest compare with other pearl shapes. However, if you are looking for cheaper pearl price, you can go with the irregular pearl shapes and get the unique design for the piece instead. The most common pearl shapes are oval, tear dropped and button like.
Color, luster and pearls surface are another factors involved in pearl price. The perfect pearl would be silver white, very light reflective and no marks on its surface. Although white is perfect for pearls, but you can choose other colors for both natural and cultured pearls, depend on what’s inside pearls.
To this point, it is actually depend on your request for what are the perfect pearls for you. Although you are new with pearls, just look at them and go with the one that match with your flavor. That’s the best way to go with pearls.
