FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT PEARL NECKLACES, EARRINGS & OTHER JEWELLERY
Freshwater pearls, especially cultured ones, have won the hearts of many pearl jewellery shoppers. They are known and loved for their unusual colours, organic shapes, and modest price points.
At SK Jewellery, we use Shima pearls. Our natural freshwater pearls are oval, baroque, and exquisitely lustrous. This elegant product lineup includes freshwater pearl earrings, necklaces, and pendants that will satisfy your needs for enduring jewellery.
Freshwater pearls are grown in mussels that live in saline-free water such as lakes and rivers. Saltwater pearls are grown in oysters in saline water such as oceans and seas.
Beyond that, pearls can be further classified into two major groups: natural pearls and cultured pearls. Natural pearls are pearls that form in nature with no human intervention. These are costlier in nature as they are rarer to harvest and take a much longer time to form. In comparison, cultured pearls are grown in pearl farms, where humans create the right circumstances for the pearl to grow to the optimal size. Factors like the depth of nacre coating, type of water in the mollusks’ habitat and duration of time until pearls are harvested, are all carefully considered and controlled by pearl farmers to produce high quality pearls.
For SK Jewellery’s collection of pearl jewellery like wedding pearl necklaces or earrings, only freshwater pearls are used. If you are curious about them, feel free to check out our collection online or visit any of our retail stores in Singapore to experience their luminous lustre in real life!