Friday, April 18, 2008

Buy Cultured Pearl Jewelry

There are a couple more jewelry and accessories, which could be considered as more elegant, compared to pearl jewelry.

However, a lot of people still think that pearl jewelry could be a bit expensive for their taste. Actually, what some people do not know that pieces like a pearl necklace, pearl earrings and pearl jewelry sets could be affordable as long as you would be shopping wisely. So here are some guidelines to help you out choose your pearl trinkets.

The first would be the matter of choosing natural or cultured pearls. Natural pearls are those pearls that are crated by an oyster naturally. They usually are able to create them from an irritant or a parasite. Only around one in every hundred oysters are able to create a pearl naturally and only around one in ten of those would turn out to be quality pearls.

On the other hand, cultured pearls are made similarly however the introduction of a parasite or irritant is done in a controlled environment. And so, cultured pearls or freshwater pearls turn out to better in quality compared to most natural pearls.

Similar to diamonds, pearls are graded based on the various qualities that they have.
By Bill Pratt

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