By Gen Wright
 The first pearls to be cultured and commercialized were akoya pearls. The akoya sage dates back to about a hundred years ago, when the Japanese discovered and improved the techniques of pearl culture using akoya oysters, a Pinctada fucata species native to the Sea of Japan.
Decades after, pearl culturing has spread to new horizons, bringing out new beauties such as the intriguing black pearls of Tahiti, the majestic South Sea pearls from Australia, and the chatoyant golden pearls from the Philippines and Indonesia.
Strengths and limits
Round and lustrous pearls are found in all pearl categories-akoya , South Sea, freshwater, Tahitian. But when comparing the harvest crops, the difference becomes evident. An akoya crop has the highest percentage of round and lustrous pearls. Over 80% of the pearls in an akoya harvest are round, compared with 30% in a South Sea crop. 20% in a Tahitian pearl harvest, and less than 5% in a Chinese freshwater pearl crop. It is therefore not surprising that the roundest and the most uniform pearl strand one can obtain is usually from an akoya |
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By Gen Wright
 Fashion Jewelry are those that you wear with your latest dresses, go out in town wearing them, and team them with the latest designer thing in your wardrobe. Fine jewelries are those that you reserve for fine dining occasions. Exclusive club parties, wine tasting affairs, black tie affairs, weddings, etc. You know, where you really have to watch yourself and follow every etiquette rule that you know of, including using the cutlery for their right purposes.
And then you have silver jewelry, which is a class apart. Because it is both fashion jewelry and fine jewelry. It is one of the rare jewelry that will go with anything you wear and look good on any occasion and on any person. You simply cannot go wrong with silver jewelry when you are going out somewhere. They are also very well suited with any gem that you may like.
Silver jewelry transcends all rules of fashion and finesse with their color and style. They are simply chic and elegant when you want them to be but when you change in to your girl out in |
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By Gen Wright
 Customers who yearn for pearl jewelry are following a tradition that extends back though the ages . According to legend , Cleopatra ground up a pearl in a cup of wine and told Marc Antony she was swallowing a country's riches .British monarchs, including Queen Elizabeth I and King Henry VIII, adorned their necks and wardrobes with pearls .To the ancient Greeks , pearls represented love and marriage ,an association that grew over the years .
Pearls and marriage are still linked in the public consciousness today .According to the Cultured Pearl Information Center (CPIC), 37% of all pearls sold in the United States are purchased for bridal occasions .The bridal market is the second largest U.S. market for pearl sales, next to holiday purchase (42% of sales) . Pearls items are extremely appropriate for bridal-party gifts , but because pearls are a classic complement to a business suit ,they're also appropriate gifts to mark graduations and promotions. They're june's birthstone and a traditional gift for third and 30th anniversaries .
It's no wonder the pearl's popularity has persisted .After all , it's |
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