What is the difference? There is so much misinformation about whether a cultured pearl is really a pearl.
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Let me give you a very concise match-up and you can decide.
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The thicker the nacre of a pearl and the better the quality, the more exquisite the pearl.
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You have heard this term used as a level of quality in a pearl. But, why?
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Because we are focused on color as an important part of our expression, I thought it would be interesting to discuss how pearls acquire their natural color.
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It all started out as a wonderful wild adventure for 19 year old Nick Paspaley in the 1930s.
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Tokki is a Japanese term to describe a protrusion or bump. Occasionally, oysters will produce a pearl with curious shapes. These are the result of an accident during growth. Oysters definitely have a mind of their own.
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For a truly vertical pearl farm, wild spat have to be ecologically collected from the surrounding waters in the South Seas. This is called natural spat collection. In the months of October and November, pearl oysters produce sperm and eggs in to a water column. It is here that they fertilize and form free swimming larvae.
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