TYPE OF PEARL
Natural Pearl
It is created by nature and formed when a foreign object enters and settles inside the oyster. Its mantle tissue then forms a pearl sac by using calcium from water. The natural pearl consists of columnar aragonite and conchiolin to cover the irritant and create lustrous surface.
Due to the fact of natural pearls come in many uncontrolled shapes. Therefore, the cultured pearl has been developed by mankind to imitate this natural process at a later time.
Cultured Pearl
AIt is human invention to control the shape and size of the pearl. As cultured pearl, the shape of pearl can be controlled through the nucleus. The pearl oyster is implanted with the desirable size or shape of nucleus to stimulate the release of nacre layers to cover over nucleus’s surface. Then, the grafted mantle tissue is inserted into the tissue of the pearl oyster at its position and the cultured pearl will be formed and ready to cultivate after 1 to 2 years.
The Mabe pearl, Akoya pearl, South Sea pearl and Rather Round pearl are categorized as the cultured pearl.
The process of forming natural and cultured pearl are the same, the only difference is the way on how the oyster receive the foreign object before forming the beautiful pearl.
Mook Sapam Pearl
Type of oysters for Mabe pearl cultivation Scientific name: Pteria Penquin Commonly known as: the Golden Wing or Black Wing oysters Thais known as: Hok Muk Gunla-pangha, Hoy Muk Kwang or Hoy Peek-nok
These are cultivated on the farm until they reach the size of 13cm. in diameter or greater, and then single or 2 beads are implanted into the oyster. Once the implantation process is done, the holes are punctured through the shells and subsequently strung 3 to 5 oysters in a row. Then these oysters are suspended in the farm for approximately 12 months before the harvest process.
Currently, our pearl farm got the advance research and technique of cultivate the Mabe with the shorter period of 10 months.
The Mabe pearls are commonly found as white and creamy colour and cultivate from the oyster of South Sea pearl.
As Pteria Penquin are oysters that commonly found at Andaman Sea, which bring us the unique Mabe pearl with special colour of the bluish tone pearl or golden tone pearl with the glamorous sparking of rainbow. “Exclusively from the Andaman Sea”.
Akoya Pearl
Type of oysters for Akoya pearl cultivation Scientific name: Pinctada Fucada Commonly known as: the Vulgaris oysters Thais known as: Hoy Muk Klaep, Hoy Muk Graji or Hoy Muk Grajae.
Akoya pearl is a round pearl with a diameter ranging from 2- 9mm.
These oysters are cultivated until they reach a size of 5 to 10 cm. in diameter. Then the nucleus is implanted through a complex operation near to the gonad of oyster that knows as the pearl sac. However, this process requires the highest skill as the oyster might get ruin during this process. After the implantation process, the oysters are closely monitored for a period of 6 weeks to ensure the process is successful and then they are moved to our farm, and it can be harvest after 12 months.
South Sea Pearl
South Sea pearl is a round pearl with a diameter starting from 11mm. and came with various colour such as white, gold and black.
The South Sea pearl is cultivated from the large oyster which is now extremely difficult to find in the nature. This led to the great concern; where the expert is applied the innovation methods of bleeding and aquaculture. Nevertheless, it is required the high level of care and expertise to success in cultivation this species, which lead the South Sea pearl has the highest price among the other cultivated pearls.
For this pearl, the oyster is grafted by the specialist at the age of 2 years and it would take time for another 2 years to obtain such beautiful pearl.
Rather Round Pearl
This is the new invention of Phuket Pearl Co.,Ltd. uniquely created to form the combination of South Sea Pearls and Mabe Pearl together, with the distinct beautiful of golden-rainbow colour.
Our hard work and study increased the survival rate of the pearl oyster; this led us to do more research and study since 1998. In 2002, we became success in creating a new invention of pearl. Then the Rather Round Pearl invention got registered as the patent of the company.
