Everybody knows what a nice strand of pearls looks like! Pearls were a sight of elegance and class portrayed across the silver screen for decades and before! Some pearls are obviously more valuable then others but in the scheme of things all natural pearls are gorgeous! What most people don’t understand is how much work even nowadays goes into producing and harvesting pearls! Regardless pearl jewelry has stood the test of time and are still considered a high fashion piece!

“Akoya cultured pearls have been produced on the eastern shoreline of Australia since approximately 1999 using Pinctada imbricata fucata mollusks native to New South Wales. Unlike many of their Japanese counterparts, Australian akoya cultured pearls are harvested after 18 months of growth and marketed without any post-harvest treatments involving dyes or bleaches.”