01Colour
LightModerateIntenseVividExceptional
Pearls range from white and cream through silver, gold and pink to the dark greens and peacock tones of Tahiti; the overtone that plays over the body colour is what gives a pearl its life.
Silver Bracelet with Multiple Stones
Silver Bracelet with Multiple Stones
Silver
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The Stone
Understanding pearls
Pearl is the only gem made by a living creature — grown, not mined — and judged by lustre first. Here is how our gemologists read a pearl, and where this piece sits.
This piece · graded by our gemologists
- Metal
- Silver
02Clarity
IFInternally flawlessSISmall inclusionMIMedium inclusion
For pearls, clarity means the surface: the fewer spots, pits and ridges, the finer the pearl. A clean surface and a mirror-like lustre matter far more than size.
03Cut
Pearls are not cut but matched — for shape, size, colour and lustre. A well-matched strand can take years to assemble.
04Carat
Pearls are measured in millimetres, not carats; every extra millimetre above eight is markedly rarer.
Details of the stone
- Origin
- Cultured, freshwater & saltwaterTahitian and South Sea pearls for the darkest and the largest.
- Known since
- AntiquityThe oldest gem in human adornment.
- Species
- Organic — nacreLayers of aragonite laid down by the mollusc.
- Hardness
- 2.5 – 4.5 MohsSoft — the last thing on, the first thing off.
- Birthstone
- JuneThe birthstone of June.
- Treatment
- CulturedCultured pearls are routinely cleaned and polished.
- Certification
- CertifiedEvery strand graded and certified by our gemologists.
- Care
- Wipe after wearNo perfume, no chemicals; restring every few years.