{"id":6775,"date":"2012-08-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genisi.com\/akoya-pearls-how-to-select\/"},"modified":"2012-08-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T22:00:00","slug":"akoya-pearls-how-to-select","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genisi.com\/en\/akoya-pearls-how-to-select\/","title":{"rendered":"Akoya pearls: how to select?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These regular and perfect pearls, available in commerce, are the <strong>result of a careful selection<\/strong>, ruled by rigid parameters that have the primary purpose of launching only the best pearls in the luxury market.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genisi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Akoya-pearls-how-to-select_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Akoya pearls\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genisi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/perle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p>To assure the sublime quality, the <strong>Japan Pearl Exporters&#8217; Association<\/strong> established a new selection method applicable on all the peals, and above all on the typical Japanese Akoya ones, based on <strong>5 specific characteristics<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>nacre thickness<\/strong>, or the layer of mother of pearl that covers the nuclei, that has to be enough thick to not snow the installed nuclei, or else they are discarded;<br \/>\n&#8211; luster and clearness, if dull or blemished by calcite or organic material, they can compromise the beauty of the pearl;<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>superficial blemishes<\/strong>, like scratches, bumps or pits that can irretrivably damage the surface of the pearl and make it be discarded;<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>nacre damage<\/strong>, like cracks of flaking that make the pearls immediately be discarded;<br \/>\n&#8211; <strong>process damages<\/strong>, like eccessive dyeing or bleaching that automatically make these pearls be rejected.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genisi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Akoya-pearls-how-to-select_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genisi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Akoya-pearls-how-to-select_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genisi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/Akoya-pearls-how-to-select_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, <strong>every pearl is a unique exemplar<\/strong>, and little faults like small pits or knobs are what make the pearl a particular and fascinating material, hence <strong>not fixing the prior rejection<\/strong> of a pearl since they are natural characterisics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Akoya pearls 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pearlsjewelry.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2008\/09\/akoya-pearl-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\"><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to their <strong>decennal experience<\/strong>, pearl masters that carry out these selections are <strong>careful to every detail during the sorting<\/strong> that takes place at the <strong>Inspection Office in Kobe<\/strong>, where pearls are prepared and made available on demand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These regular and perfect pearls, available in commerce, are the result of a careful selection, ruled by rigid parameters that have the primary purpose of launching only the best pearls in the luxury market. 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