Akoya pearls are produced by deliberate human intervention in several varieties of saltwater mollusks generally found in the waters around Japan and China. Here you can find the details of Akoya pearl production.
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How to produce an Akoya pearl
2010-06-15 09:36:00
The Akoya pearl ranges in color from cream, white, rose, gold and blue-gray. Akoya pearl remains justly famous in the hierarchy of cultured pearls for its spectacular luster and beauty. Here this guide will explain how the wonderful Aokya pearls are produced. It can be divided into cuivivation and processing.
1. Akoya pearl cultivation: An Akoya pearl is formed when a foreign piece of matter becomes trapped in the tissue of the oyster or mollusk. This is an amazing process that takes time but the end result is just beautiful! The way that Akoya pearls are formed is that humans actually implant the foreign body into the clam or the mollusk and then under controlled conditions the pearl is allowed to form over one to seven years, depending on the type of mollusk or clam that the foreign body has been planted in. As you can see, the process is still quite lengthy, but the end result it amazing and of the highest quality.
As with all cultured pearls, Akoya oysters are nucleated with a hard-shell bead and mantle tissue from an oyster that has produced a high-quality pearl in the past. But compared with the other species of saltwater cultured pearl oysters, many more Akoya oysters are nucleated. Generally, Akoya cultured pearls take 10 to 18 months from the time they are nucleated to the point they're ready for harvest.
2. Akoya pearl processing
The exacting procedure of sorting cultured pearls is especially time-consuming with Akoya pearls. One reason is: there are so many pearls to sort through. Another is that Japanese matching requirements are generally stricter than those for other pearl types. In fact, Akoya cultured pearl producers seek nearly perfect matches among their pearls. Such high matching standards result in 90 percent of all Akoya pearls harvested to be lightly bleached and tinted after drilling. These color enhancements are intended to be permanent, and should not change over time.
The procedure to produce a good Akoya pearl is complicated. Treated Akoya Pearls provide a variety of Akoya pearl jewelry for people to choose and treated Akoya pearls are more affordable. High quality Akoya pearl jewelry reflects a classic personal style with a feminine point of view. That doesn’t means they are inferior. Nowadays, those beautiful cultured Akoya pearls even become the-first-place jewelry in celebrity.
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