Are Ming Pearls expensive and is Ming Pearl Jewellery affordable? We believe that Ming Pearls, also known as Edison Pearls, are a very affordable way to create jewellery featuring very large pearls. The cost of round Cultured Pearls increases exponentially as the size of the pearl increases, the reason for this is scarcity. A pearl increases in size over time, as layers of nacre are added to the irritant the oyster, or fresh water mussel, is seeking to coat. If you are seeking saltwater pearls you will find very few large perfectly round pearls, and if you are culturing pearls it will take years longer to create a large pearl and as size increases the chances of it being perfectly round and without surface imperfections decrease dramatically, again driving scarcity and cost. The reason a large Ming Pearl is more affordable is down to the culturing process, rather than implanting a grain of sand into the oyster or mussel, a small bead is inserted and thus the starting point is a perfec
Are Ming Pearls expensive and is Ming Pearl Jewellery affordable? We believe that Ming Pearls, also known as Edison Pearls, are a very affordable way to create jewellery featuring very large pearls. The cost of round Cultured Pearls increases exponentially as the size of the pearl increases, the reason for this is scarcity. A pearl increases in size over time, as layers of nacre are added to the irritant the oyster, or fresh water mussel, is seeking to coat. If you are seeking saltwater pearls you will find very few large perfectly round pearls, and if you are culturing pearls it will take years longer to create a large pearl and as size increases the chances of it being perfectly round and without surface imperfections decrease dramatically, again driving scarcity and cost. The reason a large Ming Pearl is more affordable is down to the culturing process, rather than implanting a grain of sand into the oyster or mussel, a small bead is inserted and thus the starting point is a perfec