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How to Tell the Difference: A Guide to Identifying Irradiated Pearls

What exactly are irradiated pearls?  Irradiating pearls involves using rays (cobalt 60) to change the bead core from white to black, resulting in a silvery blue pearl bead layer. Irradiated pearls only change the color of the bead core; the pearl's quality, blemishes, and nacre are unaffected. Poor-quality pearls will remain poor-quality pearls if irradiated.   Are irradiated pearls harmful to the human body?  For ordinary consumers, wearing irradiated pearls will not have any obvious radiation effects on the body because the radiation level of Cobalt 60 disappears after stopping the irradiation process. In addition, Cobalt-60 is also widely used in food disinfection and sterilization. It can effectively kill bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Therefore, it is considered safe by the World Health...

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What is the Specially Selected Pearl?

Outline The Japan Pearl Export and Processing Cooperative Association was established as a commercial cooperative under Japanese law in September 1950 (Showa 25). At the time of its establishment, the global pearl market was immature and a sound market was needed. To meet these needs, the main purpose of the association is to ensure that high-quality pearls are smoothly circulated in the market at a stable price, so as to build a sound market. Since its establishment more than 70 years ago, the trade union has devoted itself to hosting bidding fairs and has made great contributions to the development of Japan's pearl industry. The combination is abbreviated as PEPCA, which is the abbreviation of the beginning of the trade union's...

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How To Identify The Pearl Lustre Is Strong Or Weak?

Many customers that purchase pearls for the first time do not have a complete concept of the lustre of pearls. When I ask customers what quality pearls they want, they will answer "strong light", "extremely strong lustre", "aurora" and "tennyo". In fact, most customers have no accurate concept and distinguishing methods of the strength of pearl lustre. What is Pearl Luster? Pearl luster is what gives a pearl its shine and reflective quality. It's what creates immediate appeal when you look at a pearl and contributes heavily to the pearl's overall value. It's possibly the most important pearl value factor. My personal opinion on the evaluation criteria of pearl luster is as follows: ⭐Extremely strong A: The reflected light is...

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Buyer Pre-Purchase Information

I'm Chinese, I'm from China. the People's Republic of China. The location is China, shipping from China Hongkong. There are various prices for pearls, even in the same size, different luster, different blemishes, and different varieties. Prices are all very different.Before you ask for the price, please let me know the pearl type (freshwater/southsea), size (7-7.5mm/10-11mm), acceptable blemishes (Blemishes/slightly blemishes/very slightly blemishes) and luster. It is best to tell what style it is used for, earrings or pendants. About Customizing ⭐PEARL TYPE Please confirmed the type of pearl - Akoya/Tahitian/White south sea/Golden south sea/Freshwater Akoya (White, Yellow cream, Silver-blue) Tahitian (Black, Gray, Green, Multicolor ect...) Golden south sea (Light gold, Champagne gold, Medium gold, Deep gold) White south sea (...

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What's The Difference Between Pearl Strands And Loose Pearls?

General speaking, why is the price of single pearls after taking apart a pearl strand is cheaper than a pack of loose pearls? Why? The article gives a detailed introduction to the classification of use and the difference in quality. The different classification using of strand pearls and loose pearls. The quality of the pearl determines the purpose of the pearl. In terms of usage, pearls can be divided into: strands and loose pearls.  Loose pearl: Single pearls are often used to make pearl pendants and earrings. Pendants or earrings are composed of a single pearl, which part of the blemishes that the accessory can cover will be relatively small, so the quality requirements of these single pearls itself will be much...

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