{"id":10360,"date":"2019-05-12T17:20:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T17:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pearlsonly.com\/blog\/?p=10360"},"modified":"2024-07-03T11:57:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T17:57:34","slug":"why-are-south-sea-pearls-so-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pearlsonly.qa\/blog\/why-are-south-sea-pearls-so-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Are South Sea Pearls So Special?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pearls come in a variety of different shapes and sizes.\u00a0 But the ones that seem to hold a special place in many women\u2019s hearts are South Sea Pearls<\/a>.\u00a0 By why is it that these pearls above all others seem so special? Find out by reading this post!<\/p>\n

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South Sea Pearls aren\u2019t only rare but also have become famed for them being so much larger than other pearls.\u00a0 They also have a magnificent luster that few other pearls can replicate or compete with.<\/p>\n

Climate change along with chemical spills and natural disasters have also played their part, as these all can lead to the destruction of such pearls in the ocean.<\/p>\n

South Sea Pearls Are From Where?<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Most pearls you see being used in say a South Sea Pearls Necklace<\/a> or South Sea Pearls Earrings will have come from Northern Australia, Polynesia or South East Asia.\u00a0 The main countries in South East Asia where South Sea pearls are from Indonesia and the Philippines.<\/p>\n

However, the best South Sea pearls are those from Australia.\u00a0 They are said to be unrivaled in their rarity, nacre thickness, size, natural luster, and quality.\u00a0\u00a0 This helps to increase the South Sea pearl value.<\/p>\n

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It is all these different features that help to make the pearls from Northern Australia so unique and so highly prized.\u00a0 In fact, today it is the seas of Northern Australia that now produce most of these gemstones. They are then used in creating some beautiful pieces of South Sea Pearl jewelry<\/a> you can buy today.<\/p>\n

A Little About South Sea Pearls History<\/strong><\/h1>\n

It was back in the 1880s that divers first discovered the oyster in which South Sea pearls are formed off the coast of Australia.\u00a0 The large size of these oysters that soon attracted the attention of traders local to the area.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t then long before pearling schooners appeared in the area where the oysters had been found.\u00a0 On board were divers from Sri Lanka who harvested the oysters, not for their pearls but for their shells.<\/p>\n

As the pearl industry in Australia boomed, so a small town soon became the center for pearling.\u00a0 This town was called Broome and South Sea Pearls were in fact known as \u201cBroome Pearls\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 It only took 3 years for Australia to supply 75% of all supplies of the mother-of-pearl that were then used to make buttons for shirts.<\/p>\n

But within 50 years overharvesting of these mollusks caused the oyster beds to become depleted.\u00a0 This then led to the Australian government being forced to regulate the harvesting of these oysters.\u00a0 It was this that helped to prevent them from becoming extinct.<\/p>\n

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Although production of cultured South Sea pearls started back in the 1890s, the Australian government was afraid that production of such would threaten the natural pearl market.\u00a0 So the prohibited the production of such pearls and this remained in place until 1949.\u00a0\u00a0 Then in 1956, the first cultured pearl farm was set up to commercial produce these beautiful pearls and these days Australia produces around 60% of all the world\u2019s cultured South Sea pearls.\u00a0 Then in the 1970s, Japanese companies set up farms in Indonesia to cultivate these pearls along with companies in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

But What Is It That Makes South Sea Pearls So Special? <\/strong><\/h1>\n

There are several different factors that help to make these pearls so special.<\/p>\n

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There are three different oysters from which we can cultivate South Sea pearls<\/a>. In Australia and Indonesia, they cultivate their pearls in the oyster known as Pinctada Maxima.\u00a0 Whereas in Polynesia the South Sea pearls grow in the oyster known as the Pinctada Margaritifera.<\/p>\n

The oysters, which produce South Sea pearls in Australia, are known more as the white-lipped oyster.\u00a0 The ones from Indonesia are known as the golden-lipped oyster.\u00a0 As for the mollusk, which produces the pearls from Polynesia, is known as the black-lipped oyster.<\/p>\n

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Each of these oysters can produce pearls and today the South Sea pearls that these mollusks produce come in five different hues.<\/p>\n