{"id":1638,"date":"2019-12-01T15:32:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T15:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2019-12-01T15:42:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T15:42:58","slug":"natural-white-pearls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/pearlescence\/natural-white-pearls\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural white pearls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone tends to think that white pearls are the only pearls: but of course everyone is wrong. White pearls are pretty much the exception rather than the rule.<\/p>\n

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Very unusual – rare even – all natural white pearls<\/p><\/div>\n

Which is why this photo is something a bit special. All these pearls are naturally white pearls. Reading top to bottom there is my strand of natural white freshwaters, then a strand of naturally white akoyas, then naturally white south sea pearls, then naturally white tahitians.<\/p>\n

The freshwaters have a faint gold blush, the akoyas have a touch of grey, the south sea are creamy rose and, as you can see the Tahitians have a silvery grey cast.<\/p>\n

I’m glad I managed to grab this photo – the Tahitians have already continued their journey onwards and when I found them in September in Hong Kong it was only the second white Tahitian strand I’d ever seen.<\/p>\n

Natural whites – as opposed to bleached white pearls – are the exception. The only other naturally white nacreous pearls I can think of are Margaritifera margaritifera<\/i> super rare UK river pearls and the native pearls of parts of the US – around the Mississippi for example.<\/p>\n

We have naturally white strands available still in Freshwater, akoya and South Sea Pearls. Click ‘Shop at Pearlescence’ above to see our stock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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