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The word jewelry is an American spelling which changes from the British jewellery. It is an item for personal decoration, like necklace, earring, brooch, ring or bracelet. Generally they are being made up of precious materials. It is not necessary that they are being made only from precious metals other materials are also used at times. People prefer them because of their rarity, artistic, symbolic or other designs.

Taking the advantage of pretty look brilliance, pearl jewelry has won a large amount of women from all over the world. Due to its natural and lustrous charm, as early as ancient Greek, pearls have been considered as the symbol of happy marriage, many celebrities and nobles such as Jacqueline Kennedy and Princess Diana have made them a style statement for them.

As a traditional wedding gift, because of the delicate and elegant appearance, pearl jewelries are also popular in the latest fashion statement and given more modern element which make them look more chic and stylish. However, nowadays, natural freshwater pearls are hard to find because of the rarity. While the cultured freshwater pearls are everywhere to find. Hence the price is also affordable for the majority in a variety of styles, sizes and colors to dazzle your eyes.

Pearls are all produced by oysters or mussels, cultured freshwater pearls are the same, they are created in rivers, ponds, bays, and lakes rather than in the sea. In except of the common white color, pearls are also available in milky cream, pink, yellow and orange colors. The advantage of variety in colors, shapes, sizes makes cultured freshwater pearl jewelry popularized among many people; most women prefer to choose a strand of pearl jewelry to match their outfit. They can be present in a lot of occasions from casual to formal parties. Even teenage girls are like to wear it for its wide range designs and colors. Generally the prices of pearls are decided by its size, the larger the pearl is, the more valuable it will become. There are some exceptions which is with small size while is wealthy greatly.

Because the pearls are delicate, hence normally the pearl jewelry should be taken good care of, which means that it should be stored properly from scratching. The way to clean pearl also need specific attention. It can be wiped with a soft and damp cloth. In addition, pearl jewelry must be away from hairspray, perfume, makeup and other chemicals.

A freshwater pearl is a pearl that is cultured in a mussel in a lake, whereas the traditional cultured pearl is cultured in an oyster in the ocean (salt water pearls are called Akoya pearls). Freshwater cultured pearls are less expensive than the Akoya pearls.

Freshwater pearls come in many shapes from round to button shapes, from flat flakes to rice shapes and in many colors. As with the salt water Akoya pearl the round shapes are generally more expensive. So they are classified by origin, then graded by size, shape, nacre thickness, color, luster, surface clarity and matching. These qualities are not considered equal. Some factors will be weighted to give them more influence in arriving at a final grade.

Pearl luster is the quality and quantity of light a pearl reflects from its surface or near surface. It is a complex effect, quite different from the luster of surface of polished gemstones. It is produced partly by the surface reflection of light and partly by a subtle iridescence. This iridescence is caused by diffraction at the edges of overlapping platy crystals of aragonite and interference when light penetrates some of the thin plates,then reflected back to the surface.

Interference will take place on the surface of a pearl due to refraction and reflection of light on the thin alternating layers of aragonite and organic substance. This is a complicated optical phenomenon which occurs on a curved surface and may continue into deeper layers. This explains why individual pearls show different degrees of iridescence.

The color of pearl jewelry changes with the light source under which they are viewed; white light is preferred for color grading. When us daylight, the best results will be obtained under the light of a slightly overcast northern sky of medium latitude at noon. The direct sunlight should be avoided. The fine color of a pearl depends on the type and thickness of the prismatic and nacreous layers, in which conchiolin is the organic matrix. Colored pearls either have distinctly dark colors like brown, reddish-brown, grey and black or tints of these colors, which may appear as yellow, golden, bronze, green or orange hues.
Freshwater pearls’ sizes range from 2mm to 15mm. The average size is still from 4mm – 5mm to 6mm – 7mm. Sizes of 8 – 9mm have increased over the last years but account for only about 0.01 % of production for really round shapes. Sizes of over 12mm are rare.