Those that occur in the sea are saltwater and those in a pond river or lake are freshwater.
Different kinds of pearls names.
The trademark name of these pearls is kasumiga pearls but they are also called kasumi pearls.
The animal then secretes layer after layer of nacre to combat the irritant which is how the pearl gradually forms.
Each type of pearl has its own unique beauty and appeal their individual value depends on a range of factors from pearl type to size shape surface quality colour and lustre.
These pearls range from pink and purple to gold and white.
Due to their availability and affordable prices they are among the most popular of all pearl types for both designers and consumers alike.
Natural pearls are very rare and therefore very expensive.
They are available in a broad range of blue though they come in other colours such as golds pinks greens reds and violet.
Akoya tahitian freshwater white and golden south seas pearls and sea of cortez read on to learn more about these different types of pearls.
A natural pearl is formed accidentally without any human intervention.
These pearls were introduced in the market during the 1990s but they were available in small quantities only.
Natural pearls refers to pearls that form in oysters or molluscs naturally when an irritant finds its way into the creature.
In recent years we have been collecting freshwater pearls with luster nearly comparable to akoya s and orient similar to south seas.
They are produced in a hybrid mussel hyriopsis schlegelii x hyriopsis cumingii.
Blue pearls these are formed in the paua mollusc which is an abalone variety.
Each year we see exciting new innovations in freshwater pearl farming techniques yielding more and more impressive pearls.
The first main distinction is a natural and a cultured pearl.
Real pearls come in all sorts of shapes and sizes from perfectly round lustrous akoya pearls to dark exotic tahitian pearls.
First of all it s important to note that there are two main types of pearls natural and cultured.
There are five kinds of cultured pearls available to consumers.
How many different types of pearls are there.