Why are some pearls purple?

Pearls usually exhibit both a body color and an overtone. Body colors include white, silver, cream, yellow (golden), gray, or black. The overtone is like a soft whisper of color over the body color – much like powdered blush over makeup. Overtone may be rose, green, blue, or violet.
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Can a pearl be purple?

Pearls are available in various shades and colors, from purple, green, blue, black, pink, cream, white, and even multicolor overtones. Several factors are responsible for a pearl's color, yet it's mostly up to chance.
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Can natural pearls be purple?

Natural Pearl Colors

Pearls, whether saltwater or freshwater, come in a range of colors. The most common color for pearls is white, cream or gray, but they also come in colors such as purple, black, pink, green, champagne, chocolate, blue and lavender. Some pearls have stunning overtones that exhibit multicolors.
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What is the rarest color of pearl?

Naturally colored blue pearls are the rarest pearl colors in the world (with one or two exceptions, which we will get to below). The color has existed in pearls for decades, but only recently have naturally colored blue pearls gained popularity in the modern pearl jewelry markets.
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What kind of pearl is purple?

The deepest shades of Lavender Freshwater pearls are no-doubt-about purple colors. These natural colors range from dark lilac to even deeper lavender hues. Typical overtones will be pastel Aquamarine, Silver and Rose. The paler shades of Lavender range from a dirty-rose mauve color to pastel lilac.
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What is the best pearl color?

The most classic and widely preferred pearl color is white. The white pearl is considered a symbol of purity, and is often associated with wedding and graduation celebrations.
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How do you tell if a pearl is dyed?

Look at the drilled hole of a pearl. If the nucleus looks dark and nacre inside looks white, the pearl is dyed. The other clue that indicates dyed pearl is dye concentrating around the drill hole or on some spot of pearl surface. Observe the pearl color carefully.
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Are red pearls real?

Red Sea Cultured Pearls: yes, they do exist.
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Are black pearls real?

The Tahitian pearl (or black pearl) is an organic gem formed from the black lip oyster (Pinctada margaritifera). These pearls derive their name from the fact that they are primarily cultivated around the islands of French Polynesia, around Tahiti.
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What is the most beautiful pearl?

What are the most famous pearls in the world? Let's take a quick look:
  • La Peregrina Pearl.
  • The Arco Valley Pearl.
  • The Imperial Hong Kong Pearl.
  • The Big Pink Pearl.
  • The Gogibus Pearl.
  • The Jomon Pearl.
  • The Hope Pearl.
  • The Huerfana.
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What does purple pearl mean?

Purple pearls symbolize artistic, wisdom, complexity, nobility, and passion. Purple pearls are great for those in the teaching and philosophy professions where education is paramount. Blue Pearls. Blue pearls represent truth, tranquility, trust, and courage.
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Do colored pearls occur naturally?

Perhaps the best-loved gems of all time, pearls—both natural and modern cultured pearls—occur in a wide variety of colors. The most familiar colors are white and cream (a light yellowish brown). Black, gray, and silver are also fairly common, but the palette of pearl colors extends to every hue.
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What do different pearl colors mean?

The colour of a pearl is determined by the coloured lip of the mollusc in which it was formed. A pearl's overall shade is made up of its body colour and an overtone which may be warm or cool (for example a creamy white pearl with a pink overtone), which is why some pearls are multi-tonal under different lights.
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How rare is a blue pearl?

Although blue pearls are found in almost every pearl type - Tahitian, Freshwater, South Sea, & Akoya - the chances of you running into a blue pearl in any of these pearl types is extremely, extremely rare. Blue Akoya pearls used to be outcasts in the pearl industry but have recently taken over as a valuable tycoon.
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How rare is a pink pearl?

Pink pearls are exceptionally rare since only one in 10,000 queen conches produce a pearl, and only one in every 100,00 thousand contains a pearl of “gem” quality… When a pink pearl arrives on the market, it immediately finds a buyer!
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What is a peacock pearl?

Peacock or "black" pearls are cultured freshwater pearls with dark blue, green-gray, to purple hues. Their exotic colors make exquisite pearl jewelry.
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Why rub pearls on your teeth?

like a pepperoni pizza." The Tooth Test: To find out if a pearl is real, lightly rub it against the front of your tooth — not against the edge, which can scratch the pearl. If natural or cultured, rather than simulated, the pearl should feel gritty.
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What is a golden pearl?

Golden pearls, the rarest and largest gems in the world

Naturally colored Golden South Sea pearls come from the tropical lagoons of Indonesia, Australia, and the Philippines. Their hues range from a soft Champagne to a very intense 24K gold color.
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What are blue pearls?

Blue pearls are made up of thousands of layers of nacre and conchiolin randomly secreted by each individual paua. The nacre is made up of aragonite and calcite crystals. The conchiolin is dark organic matter. The layers are a combination of biological and mineral bonding.
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Are chocolate pearls real?

Similar to the color red, chocolate pearls do not occur naturally in any species of pearl, and Freshwater and Tahitian pearls are treated with a pigment-enhancing or organic dyeing process that creates a rich and lustrous chocolate color.
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How do you tell if a pearl is natural or cultured?

The Tooth Test: Simply rub the pearl against your tooth, softly. If the pearl is natural or cultured, you will feel the surface as gritty. If the pearl is a faux gem, then the surface will feel smooth.
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What is the difference between a real pearl and a cultured pearl?

Natural pearls grow in the wild without human intervention. They are very rare, and most natural pearls in the market today are antique. Cultured pearls are grown in pearl farms, and are the direct result of human intervention.
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Will dyed pearls fade?

The dyes used to color pearls can fade over time. Because pearls are porous, they often absorb human oils, makeup and perfume, which can stain and alter the color of the pearls and the dyes used to color them.
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Do real pearls peel?

Wear Your Pearls Often

If your pearls dry out this causes them to become brittle and the risk of them becoming damaged or they start to peel will increase. So it is important that you wear your pearls as often as you can.
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