Edison Pearl and Nanyang Pearl District

1. Place of origin: Edison pearls are produced in Zhuji City, Zhejiang province, the hometown of freshwater pearls in China.
The main sources of Nanyang pearls are the northern Seas of Australia, the Philippines, Malaysia and the Indonesian Islands.
2. Yield: The Nanyang pearl can only be caught by sea with limited resources and a long and difficult breeding cycle, so its yield is much less than that of ordinary Edison pearls.
3. Color: In addition to the traditional gold and white, Edison pearls have deep purple, bronze, violet and other colors with special metallic tint.
Nanyang pearl is mainly divided into white, gold and black three colors.
4. Size: Both Edison and Nanyang pearls belong to pearls with large grain size.
The average diameter of Addison's pearls is more than 12 mm, with the largest reaching 20 mm.
The size of nanyang pearls is generally between 9 and 15MM. It is known that the largest pearl in the record with a diameter of 21 mm is nanyang pearl.
5. Shape: Both Edison pearls and Nanyang pearls are nuclear cultured, and the perfect circle rate is relatively high. Therefore, it is difficult to tell the difference between the two pearls based on the shape alone.
6, luster: Edison pearl is fresh water pearl, nanyang pearl is sea water pearl, generally speaking, Edison pearl's luster is not nanyang pearl so shiny, smooth, lasting.
The luster of seawater pearl is a little bit stronger than water, the luster of freshwater pearl is a little softer.
7. Epidermis: Whether Edison pearls or seawater pearls, most of them have natural growth defects, the perfect ones are rare, the very small ones or the ones that look almost flawless are the most valuable.
There are some differences between nanyang pearl and Edison pearl skins if you look carefully. The nanyang pearl has the natural growth grain or fold, with ridges or concave needle points, while the freshwater pearl looks like there are few ridges and folds except for the imperfections, which are relatively smooth.
8. Price: The price of pearls depends on the variety, shape, size, quality and color of pearls.
The nanyang pearl is superior to the Edison pearl in terms of its rarity alone.
As a result, nanyang pearls are generally more expensive than Edison pearls.