Black Akoya Pearls

Although slightly more expensive than akoya pearls tahitian pearls are adored for their exotic look and rarity.

Black akoya pearls.

Their surface colors tend to range from blackish blue to blackish green and are almost always very dark in tone. Akoya pearls are the specialty of japanese pearl farms. These enchanting jewels give you a mysterious look creating an air of mystique. Thankfully today consumers have several options if they wish to wear these mysterious gems.

Most pearls are white to grey with pink green or silver overtones. Occasionally akoya pearls are blue with silver and pink overtones but these colors are extremely rare. Today a hybrid mollusk is used in both japan and china in the. They redefine beauty creating a stunning yet sophisticated addition to any jewelry collection.

Add to wish list. Akoya pearls unless color treated have neutral colors and overtones. Black akoya pearls are also popular in the jewelry market due to their colors. Because akoya pearls are a high quality pearl you ll find them set with gold posts and clasps and you ll find they are well matched for size shape and color.

The first pearls to be cultured early in the 1920s their white color and rosé overtone complement a fair complexion. Akoya pearls are never naturally black black akoya pearls have undergone either cobalt 60. If you have a taste for exotic jewelry the high quality cultured black akoya pearls are the gemstones for you. The dye process saturates the nacre from the outside in and tends to strip away iridescence leaving the surface a uniform color and an almost plastic looking shine.

And up until recently a strand of exotic black pearls could fetch 150 000. Black akoya pearl necklaces. Technically there are three types of black pearls. However these are not naturally black but have been permanently irradiated or dyed to take on the dark pearl colors.

The original japanese cultured pearls known as akoya pearls are produced by a species of small pearl oyster pinctada fucata martensii which is no bigger than 6 to 8 cm 2 4 to 3 1 in in size hence akoya pearls larger than 10 mm in diameter are extremely rare and highly priced. Black akoya pearls are also dyed but the dye most often selected for these pearls turns the pearls a solid blue black or greenish black color with little to no iridescence the pearls are perfectly round in shape with very little variation from pearl to pearl throughout a strand so to me can end up looking a little plastic y or more like beads rather than pearls but they re still. Here at the pearl source all of our black gems are high quality cultured pearls. Black akoya pearls these are most often dyed.

When compared to tahitian akoya presents the luxury of pearls at a lower price. For centuries the black pearl has captivated pearl collectors and treasure hunters alike. Black south sea 3 items.