Freshwater cultured pearls are a kind of pearl that comes from freshwater mussels.  the traditional cultured pearl is cultured in an oyster in the ocean  Freshwater cultured pearls are less expensive than the Akoya pearls.

Freshwater pearl were typically used by jewelry designers for pearl jewelry. However, Freshwater pearls cover the widest range of options for pearl buyers. Freshwater pearls come in many shapes from round to button shapes,and in many colors. Akoya pearl the round shapes are generally more expensive.

Freshwater pearls harvests are typically bought while still in the shell. then the pearls are delivered to a factory for cleaning and sorting the pearls by size and shape. when process has been completed, the pearls are considered jewelry material for processing factories. Finally they are matched into temporary pearl strands, which are then matched again into hanks that are composed of 5 to 10 temporary strands and are considered wholesale pearl ready.

Pearls are valuable jewelry accents and can make you a large amount of money depending on their grade and style. You should gather information about pearls before you attempt to sell them.