October 19th, 2009 by admin

So, it’s your first wedding anniversary and traditionally you have to gift a freshwater pearl item to your beloved better half. And being into the software profession, you hardly know what the …. Is it? Ain’t it so? Well, ninety percent of the answers for this question would definitely be a positive ‘YES’. So, you are not an exception. Most people don’t know about it, yet they need to buy the best piece of freshwater pearl item for the sake of tradition. You don’t need to worry about it because it also happens to even a man in his 50s while celebrating the 30th wedding anniversary called the pearl anniversary. But the best part of not having any knowledge about a freshwater pearl lies in the fact that in such a situation there are options wide open in front of you to select from. From natural seawater pearl to a zirconium coated imitated pearl you can select any item according to your budget line. But the best freshwater pearl is the naturally produced one.

Natural freshwater pearls are as rare as a seawater pearl, so the next best and widely available option is a cultured freshwater pearl. Cultured freshwater pearl is found all over the world with different price ranges. This difference in price is there because of the monopoly in production of freshwater pearl. The production of cultured freshwater pearl started from Lake Biwa in Japan. So, Japan was the first country to introduce the freshwater pearl. But due to various environmental as well as practical issues the production of cultured freshwater pearls in Japan gradually decreased and finally Japan lost the number one position in cultured freshwater pearl production. Simultaneously, China came into the picture and has become the number one nation in production of cultured freshwater pearl. And the scene now is such that seventy three percent of the cultured freshwater pearl worldwide comes from China alone. Along with Japan US also produces a good number of this pearl. So, first step to ensure a best quality cultured freshwater pearl is to check the origin.
Natural freshwater pearl comes generally in a shape near equal to perfect round. The mostly used and preferred shape of a freshwater pearl is the baroque one. More or less it comes in irregular elongated shapes. Other basic shapes of pearl like round, semi-round, button, drop, pear and oval are also available. Checking the shape of the pearl is the next step to ensure the best quality of cultured freshwater pearl.
White is the colour for all the naturally occurring seawater pearls. Also the freshwater pearl naturally comes in white. Sometime black coloured pearl is also found naturally. Cultured freshwater pearl comes in different colours. Colours like pink, blue, brown, green and even a purple one are available in case of cultured seawater pearls. And same varieties of colours are available in cultured freshwater pearls also. So, you can choose freshwater pearl by colour also.
There is one more factor helping in choosing an appropriate cultured freshwater pearl, and this is the grade that is being given to pearls according to their quality. Pearls differ from one another with the grading system of A, AA and AAA. A represents the finest of quality and AAA represents a quality of lowest degree.
So, using all these factors you can easily find the best pearl suiting your occasion and your wallet as well. Wish you a Happy Wedding Anniversary.

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