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In the ancient times, there are mainly two types of pearls: Freshwater Pearls & Seawater Pearls, which of both are natural grown. And the structure of both pearls are the same. The reasons for the seawater pearls costing more expensive are the differences of the cluster, size, etc. (For more information, please click here.) As time changes, we have invented many ways of high-technique to produce pearls. Nowadays, people can created pearls by implanting beads into the oyster, it's hardly to tell the differences from the outside. However, the internal structure of cultured pearls has been changed. Please check the details of...

Pearl is derived from the Latin Pernulo. Another name of pearl is Margarite, which is derived from ancient Persian Sanskrit, meaning “son of the sea”. Pearl is an ancient organic gem, mainly produced in Pearl shellfish and Pearl mother shellfish mollusks. In a broad sense, pearls can be considered as hard lumps with calcium carbonate as the main component secreted by animals to protect themselves. Pearls not only look very beautiful, they also symbolize wisdom and are thought to help in attracting wealth and luck, which have been deeply loved by people since ancient time. Moreover, in a beautiful Hindu...

Freshwater pearls are beautiful gifts loved by almost everyone, but what makes them truly enchanting isn't just their beauty. It's the ever-evolving methods and techniques that farmers use to produce them. This is pearl farming. Pearl farming is the art and science of cultivating freshwater pearls, a process that involves introducing an irritant into a mollusk to trigger the creation of a pearl.

This process, while ancient, is not without its challenges. Yet, with the advances in technology and the ever-changing world around us, the techniques used in pearl farming have needed to evolve to keep up.

The method of artificial cultivation of pearls was first mentioned in Pang Yuanying's miscellany of Wenchang (1083). After that, Japan and other countries began to cultivate artificial pearls. In the Southern Song Dynasty, craftsmen used "Little Buddha elephant" made of lead and silver to be inserted between the outer mantle of mussels, which became a unique "Buddha elephant pearl". In the 13th century, Chinese Buddha like pearls were introduced into Europe, which caused a sensation all over the world and aroused the research of scholars all over the world. In 1761, Linnaeus, a famous biologist, invented the Pearl with handle....

The price of freshwater pearls has been on a steady rise over the past few years, starting to rise rapidly in 2022, by 30-40%. The supply of organic gems like pearls is closely linked to agriculture and the environment. It is particularly affected by environmental changes, epidemics, etc.

In this post, we will explain each of the factors that brought the pearl prices increase as well as assess what the future holds.

• Culture scale drops sharply
• Epidemic affects pearl processing progress
• Pearl jewelry in short supply in China