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Cultured Freshwater Pearl Grading
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The tremendous popularity of freshwater cultured pearls is due to the variety of shapes and colors which cover a full range, included in the most valuable and beautiful jewelry pieces, and average necklaces. This grading scale depicts round and near round freshwater pearls; considered the most valuable and rarest of freshwater pearls. Unless denoted as baroques, all freshwater pearl jewelry on PearlParadise.com is composed of round or near-round pearls. |
| Pearl Grade |
Description |
| Freshadama™ |
Freshadama-grade pearls are loose-grade pearls, or pearls that have been selected individually prior to drilling and polishing for their exceptional quality characteristics. These pearls are typically sold wholesale as single pearls and pairs, undrilled. Freshadama™ strands are composed of these pearls; drilled and matched by us.
Highest grade of freshwater pearl
Exhibit intense luster and deeply reflective orient
Round to the eye
Virtually clean surface
Top .01% of freshwater pearls produced today
Excellent matching |
| AAA |
Highest grade of necklace-quality freshwater pearl
Exhibit excellent luster
Round to near round to the eye
Virtually clean surface of 95% or better
Top 1% of freshwater pearls produced today
Excellent matching |
| AA+ |
Highest grade of freshwater pearl
Near round, appear perfect round from a yard away
Clean surface of 90% or better
Top 5% of freshwater pearls produced today
Excellent to good matching |
| AA |
Exhibit good to average luster
Near round to off-round
Slight surface blemishing covering less than 20% of surface
Top 10% of freshwater pearls produced today
Good to moderate matching |
| A |
Exhibit average to low luster
Near round to off-round
Moderate blemishing covering less than 30% of surface
Top 20% of freshwater pearls produced today
Good to moderate matching |
| Commercial |
Exhibit average to no luster
Near round to off-round
Moderate to heavy blemishing |
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