Fine Designer Jewelry Marketplace: Pearl Attributes

Pearl Attributes

When you decide to indulge your inner pearl girl, remember these factors that determine value in pearls:

Luster (surface brilliance);
Orient (the play of light and inner glow created by light refracting through the nacre of the pearl);
Surface Beauty (absence of spots, bumps, dimples or cracks);
Shape (generally, the rounder the pearl, the higher its value);
Color (pearls come many hues);
and Size (the average pearl sold is 7-7.5 mm, usually the larger the pearl the higher the value).

High-quality pearl strands and earrings will feature pearls well-matched in these characteristics.

Tags: 7.5 mm, Color, earrings, Luster, nacre, Orient, pearl strands, Shape, Size, Surface Beauty

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