Cartoons have had far too much influence on the way I think and I didn't realize it until now. I always thought oysters would only have 1 pearl in them and that the pearl would just get bigger.... *hangs head down in shame*
They're cultured freshwater pearls. Each freshwater mollusk generally holds around 25-30 pearls. Cultured saltwater pearls generally only have one pearl per mollusk, which mostly explains the price discrepancy between the two broad types. There are also ways of removing pearls without killing the oyster. Most of the pearls seen today are cultured;wild ones are rare, and when seen, aren't generally considered to be 'good quality' by a variety of factors (shape, size, luster, etc). I could go on, but that would make this comment really monstrous. Info brought to you by a pearl lover!
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· 8 years ago
1. We have a lot of people who love a lot of different things
2. So if I grab a pearl off an oyster(without killing it somehow) in the wild, it wont sell as much as the ones raised in captivity?
Hi! If you managed to get a wild pearl, I have to say it probably won't sell as much as the ones raised in captivity. This is based on
1. The thing that nucleated the oyster probably wasn't perfectly round, resulting in a pearl that is not perfectly round. This decreases value because humans like round pearls.
2. Luster probably also isn't great. We like pearls that are shiny (lustrous). We breed oysters that make shiny pearls. Mother Nature doesn't give shit about shiny pearls, so not all mollusks make shiny pearls, resulting in a lower chance of getting an arbitrarily 'better' pearl.
3. Size. The first 'thing' that irritated the oyster to make a pearl can also be relatively large when inserted, making a larger pearl. This probably won't happen in the wild.
However, all this being said, there are still 'oops' pearls in the industry. The wild pearl might be better than 'oops' pearls.
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· 8 years ago
*saltiness*
I wanted to get a big valuable pearl from the wild
but I didn't know they were like this
2. So if I grab a pearl off an oyster(without killing it somehow) in the wild, it wont sell as much as the ones raised in captivity?
1. The thing that nucleated the oyster probably wasn't perfectly round, resulting in a pearl that is not perfectly round. This decreases value because humans like round pearls.
2. Luster probably also isn't great. We like pearls that are shiny (lustrous). We breed oysters that make shiny pearls. Mother Nature doesn't give shit about shiny pearls, so not all mollusks make shiny pearls, resulting in a lower chance of getting an arbitrarily 'better' pearl.
3. Size. The first 'thing' that irritated the oyster to make a pearl can also be relatively large when inserted, making a larger pearl. This probably won't happen in the wild.
However, all this being said, there are still 'oops' pearls in the industry. The wild pearl might be better than 'oops' pearls.
I wanted to get a big valuable pearl from the wild
Bazinga.
I like my joke...