Without
our pearl's unique quality we would not be able to establish an
international reputation in pearling business. The first and
foremost quality of Myanmar South Sea pearl is lustre. Superbly
lustrous pearls are unbeatable. Luster is the best expression of
a pearl's beauty.
Luster
does not simply means a shiny surface: it implies the structural
beauty of nacre. As in all things, true beauty is lit from
within, so the one virtue above all others in a pearl is lustre.
This is the deep inner glow, which shimmers like moonlight upon
the deep blue sea and gives the pearl its luminescence. The lustre of our pearl comes from inside, not from upper surface.
If you compare our pearl with SSPs from other countries, you can
easily distinguish the superior lustre. It is not necessary to
treat or bleach or dye our pearls to get excellent lustre. We
sell it as it comes out from the oyster.
Surface quality is very important for a
pearl. But, please be advised that the most beautiful and
valuable pearls may still have slight imperfections. These
appear in the form of small pits or dimples. Obviously, deep and
serious surface blemishes should be avoided. But a pearl with a
surface that is only slightly spotted, (touches of nature, by
the way) should not distract you especially when you are charmed
by the lustre. The peculiarity of our pearls is possessing
cleaner surface than the others.
Nacre
thickness is essential for a gem quality pearl. Out of three
spherical pearls, South Sea pearls are famous for its thickness
of nacre. Thick nacre coating helps keep its natural colour,
lustre and beauty, and allows it to be worn with pride from
generation to generation.
Our pearls are famous for its sliver-pink
colour. A gem quality pearl might possess a beautiful optical
effect called orient (rainbow hues glistening across its
surface). Those hues seem to move when the pearl is turned.
Orient is like the shifting rainbow of colours you see on soap
bubbles. You can see orient on our silver pearl as well as
golden pearl. In Myanmar waters most of the oysters are
gold-lipped and some are silver-lipped so that we produce
silver-pinkish pearl as well as deep golden pearl. Our South Sea
pearl comes in a wide variety of colours. You can get
silver-white to deep gold, including pink, cream, champagne,
yellow, green and blue. Our golden pearls are very famous in
international market. You can get a hundred percent genuine
natural colour golden pearls at our emporiums.
Shape is one of the value factors of the
pearl. Generally speaking, round is the most valuable pearl
shape. This shape is prized partly because fine quality round
pearls are relatively rare. Collecting enough large round
cultured pearls of exceptionally high quality to assemble a fine
strand might take years. Men always try to produce round pearl
but oyster doesn't. For seeding, the operator always inserts a
mother-of-pearl bead that is spherical. Yet only a small
percentage of harvested pearls are perfectly round. A
significant quantity will come in various shapes including
near-round, oval, drop, button, circle and baroque. This variety
of shapes combined with the virtually unlimited range of natural
colours make our South Sea pearl an incredibly attractive gem.
Consumers have the option of acquiring a one-of-a-kind pearl
which becomes their exclusive possession alone , and designers
are presented with a window of unrestricted creativity in the
designing of rings, pendants, earrings, brooches and pins. A
pearl's ultimate size can depend on several variables __ the
size and health of the oyster that produced it, the size of the
nucleus, and the duration of time the oyster spent under water
adding layers of nacre to build the pearl. Other factors include
the climate and nutrient conditions of the environment. As with
other gems, a larger pearl is typically more valuable. The
larger the pearl, the rarer it tends to be, and the more it
costs. We are producing 12 to 17 mm pearls.