Akoya Pearl Oyster Pearls

Mop0036 wholesale individually vacumm packed akoya oyster with aa single round pearl.

Akoya pearl oyster pearls. Ny jewelry 6 8mm akoya mixed colored pearl oyster for pearl diy jewelry making cultured pearl oyster in individual vacuum packing pack of 10 pcs 1 pc twins and 9 pcs single 4 8 out of 5 stars 19 49 99 49. 20 pcs lot akoya oyster pearl 6 7mm round pearl in oysters akoya oyster shell with colouful pearls jewelry by vacuum packed wholesale us 1 51 2 06 piece us 1 51 2 06 piece. An interesting piece of akoya pearl trivia is that the akoya oyster is the smallest commercially farmed pearl producing oyster. The akoya pearl saltwater oyster pinctada fucata martensii by contrast is the smallest of all pearl bearing mollusks and can only be seeded with up to 2 nuclei at a time and optimally with only a single bead nucleus to produce finer pearls.

Research carried out by biologist aldemaro romero jr. Akoya pearls are the specialty of japanese pearl farms. Akoya pearls are harvested after about 9 to 16 months. Pinctada fucata the akoya pearl oyster 阿古屋貝 is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family pteriidae the pearl oysters some authorities classify this oyster as pinctada imbricata fucata gould 1850.

Because akoya pearls are a high quality pearl you ll find them set with gold posts and clasps and you ll find they are well matched for size shape and color. Displaying 1 to 24 of 36 products 1 2. Akoya pearls are currently being harvested in sizes from as small as 1 mm up to the very rare 10 11 mm. Allowed him to discover that the first animal population depleted by europeans in the american continent was a pearl oyster species pinctada imbricata off the coast of venezuela.

Ny jewelry 6 8mm akoya mixed colored oysters with pearls inside bulk for pearl diy jewelry making cultured pearl oyster in individual vacuum packing pack of 10 pcs 1 pc twins and 9 pcs single 4 7 out of 5 stars 35. Previously pearls were made by the oyster s defense against natural irritants a shell fragment a parasite releasing layer upon layer of silky nacre to wrap the object hardening to a crystalline shimmer. It is native to shallow waters in the indo pacific region and is used in the culture of pearls. Kokichi mikimoto s cultured pearl is the result of decades of painstaking experimentation and research from the akoya pearl oyster.