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South Sea pearls are farmed in salt water and grown in a large oyster shell, the Pinctada maxima. They are mainly produced in Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines and French Polynesia.

So, why are they so valuable?

There are many factors that influence the high price of a South Sea pearl, including the following:

The Pinctada maxima oyster must reach 3-4 years of age before it can be seeded to produce a pearl.
Each oyster usually only produces a single pearl, however some oysters able to be seeded twice.
The seeding (the placing of the nucleus/bead) of the oyster is a surgical procedure carried out by an experienced technician.
Each single South Sea pearl takes up to 2- 3 years to grow.
The colour of each pearl is determined by the nacre (mother of pearl) secreted by the oyster, and nature decides what the final colour hue of each pearl will be. The pearl can take on any colour from the inside of the shell of the oyster, but its final colour cannot be predicted until harvest. Because of this, it can take some time to create a strand of matched pearls.
The pearls range in size from 8 – 22mm.


Freshwater pearls are primarily farmed in China. They grow in a mussel, as opposed to the oyster of the South Sea pearl. Freshwater pearls naturally grow in the Margaritifera mussel, which can live for over 200 years, however these are now endangered. The Chinese production of freshwater pearls now occurs in a triangle shell mussel, the Hyriopsis cumingii, and the nucleus is a living piece of mantle. There are many reasons that freshwater pearls are considerably lower priced than South Sea pearls:

A single freshwater pearl mussel is capable of producing up to 50 pearls at a time.
The pearls are only left in the water for a maximum of 6 months.
The pearls are often smaller in size.
The colour of the pearls is also determined by the interior of the mussel, however many freshwater pearls are dyed after harvest to alter or enhance their colour.