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| Black Cultured South Sea Pearl Gold Earrings |
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| $820 - # 4216 |
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| Akoya Cultured Pearl Earrings, Platinum Posts |
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| $680 - # 6998 |
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| "Swinging Pearls" |
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| $280 - #6121 |
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"The pearl comes to us perfect and beautiful,
direct from the hand of nature."
- from THE BOOK OF PEARLS
Pearls are gifts from the sea, cherished as gems in the earliest of written
records. As well, not no doubt because of their eye catching and organic nature, pearls have been prized as gems long before
recorded history.
Pearls are exquisite gems ready to be set in jewelry, unlike those gems - Diamonds or rubies for instance - gems which
owe much of their beauty to the skill of a master stone cutter. The especial attraction we have for pearls surely is because
of the singular nature of this most alluring of gems.
Click here - How and Where Pearls Grow
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| South Sea Cultured Pearl set in 14K ring |
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| $4,300 - # 5912 |
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| Biwa Cultured Pearl Ring |
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| # 5926 (by special order) |
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| Sterling Silver Band with Cultured Pearl |
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| $480 - #5877 |
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Click here to go to the Lore surrounding pearls
Fortunately for those of us who treasure pearls, several notable and outstanding pearls have been given the care that
they deserve and so have survived the ravishes of time.
Click here - Notable Historic Pearls.
If you have been shopping for pearl jewelry, you already know that there is not an internationally agreed upon descriptive
system for grading pearls - such as the definative system for grading diamonds as developed by the Gemological Institute of
America.
Until such an internationally system is developed, Mitsuko, based on her extensive experience, will apply the following
set of standards for selecting pearls: NACRE QUALITY, LUSTER, SURFACE QUALITY, SHAPE, BODY COLOR, OVERTONE, SIZE and MATCHING.
Finally, there is RARITY.
Click here - Mitsuko recommends this pearl grading system.
Click here - The Many Varieties of Pearls for Your Jewelry.
Click here - The Pearl Necklace
Yes there are imitation pearls sold as "real" in the marketplace. Mitsuko finds
such deceptions regretable, especially given the fact that there are such beautiful pearls, both natural and cultivated, to
incorporated in your jewelry. Be assured that Mitsuko only will use genuine pearls in her jewelry. However Mitsuko wants you
to be sure you not buy imitations. They are really not so beautiful after all.
Click here - Mediocre Imitation Pearls
After you acquire a favorite piece of pearl jewelry, it needs special care from time to time. You will
be rewarded for years to come for your attention. As well, your heirs will thank you for maintaining the beauty of the pearl
jewelry that has come to them through you.
Click here - Caring for Your Pearl Jewelry
Mitsuko thinks that natural pearls are like beautiful original wood that , for instance, in crafted into fine furniture
made entirely of true wood. By way of comparison, the nacre of a cultured pearl can be thought of as a veneer of a certain
thickness depending upon how long the oyster has lived in the ocean.
Unfortunately, today pearls are often harvested too early because of economic pressures or simply because of greed for
a quick sale. Such pearls, taken before their time, are not allowed to mature to their potential beauty. This practice of
taking short cuts is regrettable, but, fortunately, not practiced by every pearl farmer.
By way of closing, Mitsuko urges that you keep your necklaces or other jewelry featuring old Japanese cultured pearls.
Such special beauty is to be valued both for itself and for monetary reasons. The price of such treasures might have risen
higher than you suspect.
Click here to recall the story of Mitsuko"s first Pearl.
Click here to contact Mitsuko by email.
Click here to go to the Birthstone Page.
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