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What's Keshi pearls? |
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Keshi pearls are formed when the
oyster rejects and spits out the implanted nucleus before the
culturing process is complete, or the implanted mantle tissue
fractures and forms separate pearl sacs without nuclei. These pearl
sacs eventually produce pearls without a nucleus.
Keshi may form in either saltwater or freshwater pearls. They are
generally small in size and, because there was no nucleus to guide
the ultimate shaping of the pearl, their shapes vary widely. Keshi
come in a wide variety of colors, and tend to have high luster and
even rare orient. This is due to their solid-nacre composition.
Because the implanted nucleus of the pearl has been expelled by the
oyster, the resulting keshi pearl is 100% nacre. This gives it an
especially lustrous and shimmering surface quality. Most keshi, in
fact, have a greater luster than even the best-quality cultured
pearls. The fact that keshi pearl are solid nacre does not, however,
give them the classification of natural pearls. This is because
keshi are a bi-product of the culturing process, not a natural
occurrence.
Keshi pearls, especially Golden and South Sea Pearls, were once quite the
bargain yet beautiful and unique pieces. Today Keshi pearls are much
more rare. This is because Golden and South Sea pearl farms are
now x-raying oysters to determine whether or not the nucleus has
been expelled. When a nucleus-free oyster is found they are then re
nucleated before a keshi has time to form. This practice has made
keshi pearls much more of a rare find than they once used to be.
The word keshi means "poppy seed" in Japanese, and these pearls are
often also referred to as "poppy seed pearls." |
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Price and quantity Keshi Pearls
Small Keshi weight: 743,8 gram
price is $12,5/gram
Big Keshi weight: 294 gram + 471,4 gram + 425,4 gram total is 1190,8
gram price to be advise per gram
Paper Keshi weight: 79,5 gram + 237,6 gram + 370 gram total 687,1
gram price to be advise per gram
Total weight all is 2,621,7 gram
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