Please tell me about these rainbow pearls

[Slraep]

Um, that's not entirely accurate.
https://www.pearl-guide.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1498
The super-akoya posted by Jeremy were completely unprocessed. Granted, these are really exceptional examples, but I actually asked Jeremy about this via pm several months back, and he told me that although most akoya are not so great, the same is true of fw, and that many gem-level akoya are found straight from the oyster. The picture on the pearl-guide homepage
https://www.pearl-guide.com/
shows 2 such nice-looking pearls just as they were found in the oyster. Although there are plenty of over-processed pearls out there, the fact that an akoya has not been treated does not automatically mean that it will be hideous.

Hi Mikehrz,

I've not seen any of the virgin super-akoyas, just the run of the mill kind. And they really were fugly!!! I agree that you can find gem grade stuff straight out of the oyster, but that is more the exception.

Hmmm.....wouldn't mind seeing some of those nonprocessed super-akoyas in person.

Slraep

 

[Valeria101]

Hmmm.....wouldn't mind seeing some of those nonprocessed super-akoyas in person.

Slraep

Yeah! Is it at all probable to meet any non-nucletaed Akoya pearls of macroscopic size and half decent shape in person these days?

Wonder what was that made the species the prime candidate for a whole industry - if it was something about the nacre at all (was it?).

 

[tanakarn1]

Hi all,

Thanks everyone for clarification. I just have realized that I have become a ?pearl lover?. Below is a photo similar to the baroque rainbow akoya I have seen.

Tanakarn

 

[jshepherd]

Yes, baroque akoya!

 

[Ingykiz]

Very pretty, even with all of the imperfections. Shiny, like ballbearings!
I am still holding out for the most unusual akoyas...