![]() ![]() ![]() Once harvested the gold pearl crop is sorted by size, shape, colour, lustre and prepared for the market to make our finest jewellery like our gold pearl pendants. Oysters are turned over in their net panel homes to maximise the possibility of uniform nacre growth.įarming and cultivating these magnificent gems working in harmony with Mother Nature is very labour intensive and requires numerous workers to care for the oysters throughout the culturing process. They are brought to the surface regularly for cleaning so they can open and feed on the many nutrients in the open sea water. The oysters typically hang in baskets or panels of six to twelve suspended off a long rope line for a cycle of two years. Round, drop, button, semi-baroque, circle-drop and circle-button and baroque. ![]() Golden Pearls typically average 11 to 12 millimetres in diameter and come in a variety of shapes When the round shell bead inserted by a pearl technician this is a catalyst to commence the culturing process, and the oyster secretes nacre around the bead. ![]() The closer to the equator one travels the more gold lipped the South Sea Pearl oyster named Pinctada Maxima becomes and it is the interior colour of the oyster and its geographical location that determines the colour of the pearl. Many of the pearls can then have overtones of rose and bronze to give them an almost metallic finish. The colour ranges of Golden South Sea Pearls are a rich dark golden through to lighter medium gold through to a lemon, champagne, cream and white. Golden coloured South Sea Pearls are cultivated in the Pinctada Maxima oyster principally in The Philippines, Indonesia and in creamier more champagne tones in Myanmar ( Burma ). Gold Tourmaline and Gold Pearl Cascade Earrings AUD $2,900.00 ![]()
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