Saturday 8 May 2010

Black Pearl Necklace 101

If you are looking for the best accessories to shine up your wardrobe, look no further. Black pearl, also known as Tahitian pearls, come all the way from the French Polynesian lagoon or ocean depths of Japan. They come in different colours - black, blue, gray, green and brown.

Colour really depends on the user's personal tastes, but most of the black pearl necklace has a blue, gold, silver, pink, peacock green and eggplant.
Costs, this figure is much darker than black Tahitian pearls, the most precious is the pearl industry. Also like any pearl, round shape, the more expensive. This is because the fans of the pearl industry know how difficult it is to get a perfectly round pearl oysters and mussels.
Another rule of thumb is that nuances also affect the price of pearls. A solid black pearl and has no connotation does not even reach half of which contains shades of black pearls.

Pearl makers know that a good way to take advantage of the variety and beauty of black pearls Tahitain is to make a string containing several harmonic tones. So, not only the buyer is free to add dimension to a dress she wore with pearls, he can also play up their appearance - from a professional to casual.

Black pearl necklaces often come from the South Sea, most of which from Tahiti. Famous for its expensive because its application in industry decision-pearls, South Sea black pearl necklace which is also known because of its size larger than usual pearls. Tahitian black pearls range from 8 mm to 18 mm. The irony is that of all black South Sea pearls out there, black Tahitian pearls are the cheapest - but the most popular.

If you buy a black pearl necklace, it is important that you know exactly what you're looking for. You must know the value of your necklace to imagine, and if it could stretch their money and allow you to get a black Tahitian pearl necklace is best for you.

Getting a black pearl necklace is often recommended for every woman out there because it will update any wardrobe, so fashionable, elegant and classic.
Here are some tips that can help you determine whether a black pearl necklace is trust worthy to pay the price.

1) Always. Check the colour. Yes, it really depends on the preferences of the buyer on the type of colours to get, but the extent possible, try not to get a solid black pearl if considered as an investment. Shades of pearl has, the more valuable it. Therefore choose a pearl blue, green, red, purple or pink.

2) Offer the brightness. The brightness of the pearl. This is the most valuable characteristics. In fact, it is more important than size and shape. The clearer the reflection, the luster of the pearl has.

3) Because. Very difficult to get Pearl to start with, get a perfect round pearls are more difficult. Therefore, another rule is that the complainant is the pearl, the more expensive it must be in the pearl market.

4) Like every living thing. No two beads together. There will always be differences of each. Pearly spots on the leaf veins. This is what distinguishes it from other pearls. If you are browsing the black pearl necklace, check the surface. Avoid stains. A solid black pearl necklace that does not have any taint of association or rare.

You should also check your purchase yarn from the neck. Make sure that does not tarnish. A tarnished pearl necklace is horrible to see.
In the pearl industry, the cultivation of pearls are more valuable than natural pearls. Natural pearls were obtained directly from the shells of clams and oysters under the sea, while expert pearl farmers have assisted the production of pearl cultivation.

A necklace of black pearls are slightly more expensive than the natural black pearl necklace all the jobs added to produce it.
Regardless, the black pearl necklace is an investment and any woman would love to get one - especially in this holiday season.

Tips Buying Pearl Jewelry

Pearls are beautiful in their simplicity, and looks great with any outfit. But, buying a pearl is not always simple. By following five basic steps, you can avoid paying too much for the jewelry or lose a perfect pearl.
Colour of pearls and jewelry this way can be the first thing to consider, but rather determining the value of personal preference.

Important steps should be taken when buying pearls to look as follows:
a) Size
b) shape (round, teardrop-baroque, or other)
c) surface (smoothness and brightness)
d) type (natural, cultured saltwater, freshwater or faux)
e) Grade (A, AA, etc.)

Size

Like many (but not all types), jewelry, pearl size is closely linked to its value. Large pearl is more difficult to make, and great natural (found) pearls are very rare. For this reason, two rows of beads which tend to be more affordable, smaller than a strand of large pearls.

Form

In recent years, the only acceptable form is a perfectly round pearl jewelry. A ball is still the most desirable pearl, but there is a huge market for the oval, teardrop, and even disk-shaped pearls. Other types tend to be more accessible but must be symmetrical (round, when viewed from one end), and smooth.

Surface

The smoothness of the surface of a pearl is also very important for its value. Unwanted stains, of course, but a small amount of surface roughness can be expected in natural or cultured pearls. A pearl is really smooth, for example, would tend to fake.
Brightness, or "brightness" of the surface, is also important. Looking for a bright and strong surface reflection of light. If the pearl has a matte surface, clouds, would be more valuable than that of light. Placement on pearl light directly on a flat white is a good way to check the brightness.

Type

There are several basic types of pearls:
I) Natural pearls are those that are only found in molluscs, like oysters. This is very rare and, if they are of high quality, very expensive.

II) Pearl cultivation is not fake, but comes from molluscs, which have been "farming." In this process, a pearl is made to grow into a mollusk by inserting a small irritant like grains of sand. It can be produced in large size and smooth surface by a farmer-quality pearls.

III) Salt-water pearls or cultured pearls are found only in the sea. Trade name of culture is a saltwater Akoya pearls, South Sea or Tahitian Black.
Fresh water pearl 路, for the same reason, are or have been growing in lakes, rivers and ponds. Most are from China. Freshwater pearls are generally scratches for a little softer and more easily than saltwater pearls, and a little less valuable.



IV) Imitation pearls are usually made of glass or plastic. They have a very small value and is usually used in jewelry.

Grade

Although there is no classification standard for the gemstone industry, there are two systems that received by most distributors of jewelry. The triple A-rating system in itself perfect pearls and shining, with "A" lowest and the three "A" s highest. This system is also based on the value of perfect Tahitian and brightness, but using the index of AD, where D is the lowest and A the highest. This system is used primarily for the South Sea and Tahitian pearls.

The Queen of Pearls - Tahitian Black Pearls

During the 19th century in Europe, especially British markets, creating a huge demand for luxury goods made from "Mother of Pearl." Mother of pearl refers to the nacreous layer of oyster shells on the inside. Nacre is a substance used by the shell to form a pearl. Mother of pearl is used for jewelry, buttons, inlay, and carved pieces to play even for the aristocracy in England and Europe.

Only one open oyster 15000-20000 is 'natural' pearl. Scarcity of natural pearls and beauty has been revered as the "Queen of Pearls." Used in the jewelry empire in the world. The most famous of the natural black pearl is called "Azurai" This is the essence of a necklace, which is part of the crown jewels of Russia.

Unfortunately, the demand was so great that all the black-lipped oyster population can be accessed very low. Divers must dive deeper and deeper to find the shells, until finally he left a few oysters, so that trade cannot continue.
Today, thanks to decades of careful work from producers Polynesia, pearl enough that we can make into necklaces, earrings and pendants.
Tahitian black pearls have become very popular in recent years. It seems green and black colours often take the role of a particular colour. See a black Tahitian pearl jewelry.

Tahitian pearls come from the Pinctada margaritifera, black lip shell dark oyster. This kind of mollusk suggestions for an impressive natural black colour of the pearls they produce. Although described as Black Pearls, Tahitian pearls actually come in many colours from black to silver and even gold body dark. Do not be confused these pearls with their cousins, South Sea pearl. Pearls SOUTH SEA was formed by the Pinctada maxima, commonly called silver or gold-lip oyster. Colours ranging from white, gold and pink. Black-lip oyster original with the beautiful lagoons of French Polynesia, Fiji, Samoa and Cook Islands atolls. Oddly, despite its name, pearls are not really in the waters of the island of Tahiti itself. But Tahiti is still the main commercial centre of the natural black pearl.

A Brief History of Tahitian Pearls

Tahitian pearls, also known as black pearls are the most exotic and sought after gemstones in the market today. Because they are usually dark colored precious stones also called black pearls, although the color can vary from gray to the color of gunmetal silver and exotic, including many of the white chocolate, the baroque and even a peacock green. This elusive and unique pearl first cultivated in 1961 by Jean-Marie Dormand, a French marine resource managers in French Polynesia.

Cultivation experiments first occurred in the atoll lagoon and Bora Bora, French Polynesia Hikueru. This causes the first crop in 1965 which resulted in more than 1000 black pearl. Not the first black pearl exports until 1972, but soon the secret was out and in 1996 more than 152 million dollar black diamond is being transported out of French Polynesia. Oddly enough, this pearl is not harvested in Tahiti, but is rich in coral islands that make up French Polynesia.

With a rich luster, nacre pearl shiny and smooth, clean Tahiti are perfect for pendants, necklaces, earrings and other jewelry. Because demand for discovery of rare stones, including pearls of Tahiti, has been steadily increasing each year and forced conservation in the waters of French Polynesia abundant to allow stocking of oyster bed. When the settlers in several sites found the pearl in 1700 from the main crop is dry faster because the dramatic demand for exotic jewelry.

Tahitian pearls come from the black-lipped oyster known as Pinctada Margaritifera. Oysters are very small and lasted only a few cultivation process and produce better gem. This is more rare than the other Tahitian pearl jewelry including Akoya highly sought after and varieties from the South Sea.

Every black pearl is very unique and finding a partner for a pair of earrings can be time consuming. Expert pearl jewelry stores and often has to filter out hundreds of black pearls to find another one that fits close enough to be used for earrings and fine jewelry.

Because the rich luster, the scarcity and the history of the history of Tahitian pearls is one jewel in a whisper after the market's most current jewelry and watches can be found in a terrible pearls, earrings, necklaces, pendants, cufflinks and other decorative knickknacks.