Chinese nucleated freshwater

[cultured]

Is anyone up on the latest developments with nucleated freshwater pearls.
Are they being produced in any quality that may rival the top Akoya? or is it mainly baroque and semi-baroque that is currently on the market?

[andrewmoquin]

Nucleated freshwater pearls that once existed in rumors were out in quantities for the world to see. They were not the round perfect spheres that pearl would expected but baroque pearls with tails. Unusual creatures but some were quite exceptional.

It is very likely that bead nucleated freshwater pearls will be commercially produced in three years . The cultivation is in the trial stage at many farms with higher mortality rates and a high proportion of pearls with tails. If history is any indication, bead nucleated freshwater pearls will add a new chapter to the pearl world.

Source: http://www.imperialpearl.com/home/nucle ... cation.asp