Pearl sizes and comparisons
posted on 31 January 2011 | posted in
Fashion
Pearls can range widely is size from tiny 1mm seed pearls to enormous 20mm South Sea jewels. The most common size for round pearls is 7-7.5mm. After this the price of pearls rise quite sharply because for a pearl to grow to this size the mollusk has to stay in the water and there would be more chance of it dying or the pearl losing its shape or becoming blemished. Fortunately this size of pearl is ideal for making freshwater pearl jewellery. Pearls are normall measured in millimeters through their round diameter – perpendicular to the axis of the drill hole. Pearl measurements are often given in measurements like 5-5.5mm ore 7-7.5mm – this means that all the pearls on the strand should fall within these measurements. Any variation larger than this is likely to be more noticeable to the eye. The Pearl Of Allah is thought to be the world’s largest pearl at 9.45 inches in diameter
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