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Pearl Quality About the color

Akoya Pearls

あこや真珠

White, Cream, grey, blue
White type is a process that only removes the organic matter attached to the pearls during cultivation, leaving a beautiful natural color.
In the blue-grey system, organic matter enters between the nacres and the pearl look blue or grey when viewed through the nacres.
In the cream system, several layers of nacres overlap and become thicker, and the pearls look creamy when viewed though the nacres.

South Sea Pearls

白蝶真珠

White, Grey, Yellow, Gold
White and grey are mainly made of non-yellow Australian shellfish. Called silver lip.
Yellow and gold are made from shellfish from Indonesia, Philippines and Myanmar. Call it Gold lip.

Black South Sea Pearl

黒蝶真珠

Green, Blue, Grey, Black and Brown
Green, Blue, Grey, Black and Brown with many variations it is popular amongst pearls.
Tahitian black pearls come in red, yellow and green pigments from the mother shell, the black pearl. The combination of this pigment results in a variety of surface colors, and a mysterious interference color due to the refraction and reflection and reflection of light within the nacre.

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