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Akoya pearls were the very first pearls to be cultured by man, in fact it was the Japanese who first designed this process. Before the advent of this technique roughly just one oyster out of 10. 000 would make a pearl which was not sufficient to meet demand. Akoya pearls are tiny, with regular shapes and fair in color, currently they are also produced in China as well as Vietnam. It could possibly require many months and even one or two years for a cultured pearl to be completely ready and not all pearls will be of a quality good enough to be set in jewelry and this clarifies why very good quality cultured pearls are still fairly costly. Currently there are a lot of affordable Chinese pearls, that is becausethey are generally cultured in very cold waters which increases the speed of the process, however these pearls have also a very thin nacre (the outer coating in a pearl also called mother of pearl) and as a result may well not have the proper luster and iridescence which are so significant characteristics of a fine pearl. As they have a tendency to have a round shape, if you are interested in a pearl necklace, Akoya pearls could be one of your first options. You could also get them dyed if you prefer black or dark pearls. If you prefer naturally dark pearls you should pick Tahitian black pearls as a substitute, these pearls are also of a high quality.
Japanese Akoya pearls have a very long history, the industry is licensed well with strict specifications and the pearls will be normally more valuable than Chinese Akoya pearls. Akoya pearls are classified in three grades: AAA means a nearly perfect pearl, AA means a pearl whose 75% of surface is flawless and A which a pearl with poor luster often because farmed too soon. For that reason when you get an Akoya pearl necklace or any other jewellery go to a well-known jeweller who not simply will show you their best pearls but will be prepared to give you as much data as possible so that you can make the best decision.
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