Pearls
The usual shapes produced are round,button,baroque,oval,pear,egg,half-pearls,three-quarters pearls,seed and blister pearls.The value of a pearl is based on color,luster,translucency,texture,shape and size.The finest have pure and even color :a strong overtone with a high luster; strong semi-translucency; no cracks;scratches,and dents or blemishes; round shape; large size.
| CULTURED PEARL | BLACK CULT. PEARLS | GENUINE SEED PEARLS | CULTURED PEARLS | BIWA PEARLS |
| HALF DRILLED | HALF DRILLED | UNDRILLED | FULL - 1/2 DRILLED | 1/2 DRILLED |
| 2.00mm $2.25 | 3.00mm $3.75 | 1.00mm $1.00 | MATCHED PAIRS "AAA" | 4x3mm $3.00 |
| 2.25mm 2.35 | 3.50mm 4.25 | 1.25mm 1.65 | 6-6.5mm $10.00 | 5x3mm 4.00 |
| 2.50mm 2.50 | 4.00mm 4.50 | 1.50mm 2.25 | 6.5-7mm 12.00 | 6x5mm 5.00 |
| 2.75mm 2.60 | 4.50mm 5.50 | 1.75mm 3.40 | 7-7.5mm 18.00 | 7x5mm 6.00 |
| 3.00mm 3.00 | 5.00mm 7.50 | 2.00mm 4.50 | 7.5-8mm 26.00 | 8x4mm 8.00 |
| 3.25mm 3.10 | 5.50mm 8.50 | 2.25mm 9.00 | 8-8.5mm 36.00 | 10x5mm 10.00 |
| 3.50mm 3.25 | 6.00mm 12.00 | 2.50mm 10.35 | 8.5-9mm 64.00 | |
| 3.75mm 3.45 | 6.50mm 13.50 | 9-9.5mm 120.00 | ||
| 4.00mm 3.60 | 7.00mm 18.00 | GENUINE HALF PEARLS | ||
| 4.25mm 4.45 | 7.50mm 25.00 | 1.00mm $.70 | ||
| 4.50mm 4.85 | 8.00mm 45.00 | 1.25mm 1.20 | ||
| 4.75mm 5.25 | 8.50mm 65.00 | 1.50mm 1.65 | ||
| 5.00mm 6.75 | 1.75mm 2.05 | |||
| 5.25mm 7.25 | MABE PEARLS ROUND | 2.00mm 3.00 | ||
| 5.50mm 8.50 | 10.00 mm $40.00 | 2.25mm 4.00 | ||
| 5.75mm 9.50 | 11.00mm 45.00 | 2.50mm 4.75 | ||
| 6.00mm 12.00 | 12.00mm 55.00 | |||
| 6.25mm 13.00 | 13.00mm 60.00 | |||
| 6.50mm 15.00 | 14.00mm 65.00 | |||
| 6.75mm 16.00 | 15.00mm 70.00 | |||
| 7.00mm 18.00 | 16.00mm 75.00 | |||
| 7.50mm 21.00 | 17.00mm 90.00 | |||
| 8.00mm 40.00 | 18.00mm 105.00 | |||
| 8.50mm 55.00 | ||||
| 9.00mm 95.00 | ||||