Freshwater Pearl Grades

These pearls are typically sold wholesale as single pearls and pairs undrilled.

Freshwater pearl grades. Hopefully you find this useful. Federal trade commission requires that farmed freshwater pearls be referred to as freshwater cultured pearls in commerce. There is no international standard for grading pearls so identical pearls may be graded differently by different suppliers. Quality of cultured freshwater pearls is evaluated through a grading system of a series of a values based on luster shape surface colour and matching.

Freshwater pearls range in size from as small as 5mm to as large as 13mm. Every system is subjective and every system is unique. We have a aaa freshwater pearl. 2 58 there you have it guys.

You have a aa pearl. This is the unfortunate result of no standardized universal. Pearl grades grading takes into account shape lustre surface quality nacre thickness and matching on the strand. Pure converts all a d tahitian and south sea pearl grades to the a aaa scale to make things easier to understand and consistent across the board and the grading charts shown below depict the a aaa scale for your convenience.

Freshadama grade pearls are loose grade pearls or pearls that have been selected individually prior to drilling and polishing for their exceptional quality characteristics. Keep in mind that a aaa freshwater pearl grading benchmarks count for the individual pearl as well as the entire strand overall so the 10 allowable blemish rate on even our lowest quality aa freshwater pearl strand will still keep you squarely in a nice high quality strand of pearls. As you go a little bit up in quality to the aaa to the gem grade you re getting rounder pearls and you re getting higher luster. Then we have the gem grade freshwater pearl.

Pearls below 7mm in size are considered to be on the smaller side while 7 8mm and 8 9mm are among the more popular sizes selected for necklaces in freshwater pearls. Freshwater pearls gem grade aaa aa the hanadama aaa aa a system this system grades pearls on a scale starting at a hanadama grade and was originally designed for akoya pearls. That s what you re paying for. We know with certainty for example that our aa graded akoya pearls have better luster surface and color than another online sellers aaaa pearls exhibit.

Every company in the world that grades and sells pearls is using a system that they themselves devised and created. Freshadama strands are composed of these pearls. The a aaa scale is used most commonly with akoya and freshwater pearls but also converts easily from the tahitian and south sea grading scales of a d that most pearl farmers use.