Pearl Education

Where the pearls are cultured can drastically affect the pearl's look, size, color, quality, and price.

Pearl quality clearly explained.  Quality can be broken down to luster and skin.  Luster is the general shine and overtone of the pearl.  The skin quality broken down to four categories based on blemishes on the pearl's skin.

Pearls come in variety of shapes.  Those shapes are simply outlined into five distinct categories.  The shape can drastically affect the pearl's price.