Pearls are just really lovely, aren’t they?  They seem to be these simple creations woven to become a bit more, or even a whole lot more, than just being simple. A s simple as a single pearl, it becomes a rather great jewelry when woven with a number of others.

Yes, they’re really lovely. So like a duckling growing into a fine swan, how do South Sea Pearls become those round, clean and high in luster pearls? They start from being a mere big South Sea oyster, with man making much of nature’s grace and abundance, then aiding the creation of such wonderful treasured  gemstones.    Farmers, with a mother of pearl bead in hand, implant them into oysters that are then irritated with the intrusion and deposit substances in concentric layers, and accordingly become the South Sea Pearl we now know of. Usually, these  farmers are very much hopeful that  what they will be harvesting will be this perfectly shaped pearl as its paragon. Nevertheless, they are satisfied with their harvests, although some do not necessarily come out in those unblemished shape. Although chances of this are rarer than South Sea oysters, they usually are happy of their harvests, especially since formation of pearls are rare as they come.  

Similar to other pearl jewelry, they come in different varieties, as they come in varying colors, as white, cream, silver, gold, black and taints of colored ones.  Accordingly, they are known to grow in large sizes. Unlike plenty other saltwater pearls, they become larger in sizes primarily because the mother of pearl bead implanted in the mollusks are already large. This happens primarily because of the implants of the bead already big.

When it comes to size, South Sea oysters are regarded as the largest that can grow pearls. This, accordingly, is easily the reason why South Sea Pearls grow as large, as well.

Like other freshwater pearls, it takes time to cultivate them.  But as we speak of South Seas, they are known to be well grown and abundant in the countries within the South Asia East Asia Region, as Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar, Japan and covering as far as Australia, as well.

Like gifts of the oceans, pearls are like wrapped surprises in boxes – only the boxes are the oysters. They are simple creations that, through the ingenuity and creativity of man, they become into something more than just simple. Man giving a hand to how these pearls become what they are, South Sea Pearls is a common example of merging man’s interference with the process of nature. Amazing how that works, don’t you think?