Pearls

Mikimoto Pearls
In 1893, Kokichi Mikimoto successfully created the world’s first cultured pearl, THE ORIGINAL, launching today’s cultured pearl industry and making pearls available to women everywhere.

This classic piece of jewelry, THE ORIGINAL Akoya strand, has been reproduced the world over, evolving from a trademark
of nobility to an icon of style.

MIKIMOTO. THE ORIGINAL.
The first, and simply the world’s finest cultured pearls

Cultured Pearls
Cultured pearls are created by a bead implanted into the oyster and over the course of few short years coat the bead in layers of nacre and that very nacre gives pearls their beautiful luster and color.

Tahitian
Tahitian pearls are grown in black-lipped oyster ‘Pinctada margaritifera’, around Tahiti and the French Polynesian islands. Tahitian black pearls are among the most beautiful pearls in the world, and are extremely rare.

Among the Largest in the World
The average size of a South Sea pearl is 13 mm, and can be as large as 20mm. Grown as cultured pearls in the northern regions of Australia and the southern coast of China.

 Understanding Pearl Quality and Value
 

•Color: Pearls come in various beautiful colors such as white, pink, silver, black and more.
•Size: 3.5mm and up to 20mm with an average size range of 8 to 12 mm
•Shape: Truly-round pearls are very rare. Exotic shapes are also available which are known as baroque, oval and button are used in unique and fashion forward designs,
•Luster: The surface mirror-like surface of a pearl. The higher the luster the higher the value.
•Surface: The less blemishes the higher the value. Many pearls are born with some surface imperfections but it is often part of the beauty of each pearl as a characteristic feature.