Welcome to the Cultured Pearls section of the Honora Blog. Cultured Pearls is a term for any pearl product where man provides the irritant to begin the pearl growth process. This term includes the three main categories of pearls including Freshwater Pearls, South Sea Pearls and Akoya Pearls.
Honora has specialized in Cultured Pearls throughout our 60+ years in fine jewelry. Since the introduction of Freshwater Pearls over 20 years ago, we have focused in offering the best 2% to 3% of the Freshwater Pearl harvest. Although we focus on Freshwater, we plan to make this section of our site a full resource for all pearls including the three main categories of pearls as well as several lesser-known varieties.
Coming soon, we will have a full pearl presentation from our CEO and leading Cultured Pearl expert, Joel Schechter. We will also create smaller articles to help fans of Cultured Pearls better understand the characteristics of all varieties of pearl.
Let us know if there is any information or questions that you might have regarding Cultured Pearls, we will be sure to answer them in the comments or in future posts in this section.
Hello, like your site. My wife has quite alot of you pearls, they are beutifull. For us mere men, could you put an article on your site showing how you start them off to how long it takes to the harvest. All the best from Englend, Tony
Hello, like your site. My wife has quite alot of you pearls, they are beutifull. For us mere men, could you put an article on your site showing how you start them off to how long it takes to the harvest. All the best from Englend, Tony
No problem Tony! We will be posting this kind of information starting
next week. We aim to make this section one of the most thorough, yet
easy to understand resources for Cultured Pearls. All the best from
New York City!
No problem Tony! We will be posting this kind of information starting
next week. We aim to make this section one of the most thorough, yet
easy to understand resources for Cultured Pearls. All the best from
New York City!
Wonderful site. I enjoyed looking a t new collections and I was fascinated to learn about the process of making a cultured pearl. I watched your video on pearl care, it was great. But what about damage control? I have a white pearl necklace and I noticed that one pearl on the clasp has lost its luster, it almost looks opaque
It did not peel. Is there anything I can do?
Unfortunately, at that point replacement is your only option. Once
the skin has been damaged there is no way to bring back the lost luster.
Your best options would be to restring the necklace without that pearl
or replace it with a new pearl.
Wonderful site. I enjoyed looking a t new collections and I was fascinated to learn about the process of making a cultured pearl. I watched your video on pearl care, it was great. But what about damage control? I have a white pearl necklace and I noticed that one pearl on the clasp has lost its luster, it almost looks opaque
It did not peel. Is there anything I can do?
Unfortunately, at that point replacement is your only option. Once
the skin has been damaged there is no way to bring back the lost luster.
Your best options would be to restring the necklace without that pearl
or replace it with a new pearl.