A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO CHOOSING YOUR FAVORITE FRESHWATER PEARLS
Freshwater pearls mainly range in size from 2mm to 12mm, 2mm - 6mm are often regarded as a small pearl size while 7mm - 9mm are often popular for pearl necklace making. In addition, freshwater pearls over 10mm will be more valuable, especially if they are high quality.
Pearl Size Guide
| Shape | Size | |||||||||||
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Near Round |
3~4mm | 4~5mm | 5~6mm | 6~7mm | 7~8mm | 8~9mm | 9~10mm | 10~11mm | 11~12mm | 12~13mm | 13mm+ | |
| Rice | 2~3mm | 3~4mm | 4~5mm | 5~6mm | 6~7mm | 7~8mm | 8~9mm | 9~10mm | 10~11mm | 11~12mm | ||
| Potato | 2~3mm | 3~4mm | 4~5mm | 5~6mm | 6~7mm | 7~8mm | 8~9mm | 9~10mm | 10~11mm | 11~12mm | 12~13mm | |
|
Two Sides Polished |
3~4mm | 4~5mm | 5~6mm | 6~7mm | 7~8mm | 8~9mm | 9~10mm | 10~11mm | 11~12mm | |||
Round Pearls
Rice Pearls
Potato Pearls
Two Sides Polished Pearls
What are Keshi Pearls?
Reborn Pearls - Keshi Pearls are reborn, which means that the pearls are harvested and the mussels are returned to the water with their pearl sacs in tact. They then continue to deposit the nacre to form another pearl.
Variety of Shapes - Freshwater Keshi Pearls, are mostly nuclear pearls. They are grown intentionally. A round Keshi Pearl can be produced by implanting a round nuclear sheet inside the oyster. So a variety of Keshi Pearl shapes can be cultured with different shapes of nuclear sheets, such as nuggets, round, flat round, rectangle, cross, rhombus, fish, heart, teardrop, flowers, etc. So there many pearl shapes for you to choose from.
What Are Baroque Pearls?
Baroque Pearls often feature irregular shapes and mildly elongated spheres with imperfect surfaces. They come in a variety of imperfect shapes, from minor aberrations to distinctly ovoid, curved, pinched, or lumpy shapes, which add a more unique touch and bring more artistic flair to baroque pairs or strands of pearls.