Pearls have been treasured since antiquity. They have been revered for their iridescence, their radiance, their luster, and elegant beauty. In China pearls are crushed to make makeup as well as to be believed to have medication value. Some people worn them as protective amulets. Dating back to Roman times, pearls have been considered to be symbols of wealth, class, and status. Above all, they are beloved as adornments. There are many pearls which have become as famous as their wearers.

My very first pearl necklace was from my grandmother when I was very young. She has gone back to China to visit her relatives when Malaysian were allowed to visit China and she bought quite a few pearl necklace back. Of course the one she bought for us grandchildren weren’t the highest grade, the pearls size were like a size of rice grain, not round and it’s pink. It seems to be a common souvenirs visitors brought back from their China trip. Even when we visited China, it seems to be a compulsory itinerary in the tour to visit the pearl factory/farm. My mum gave me a set of pearl jewelery including a pearl earrings as my wedding gift.

I’m off no expert to grade a pearl. Each time we were brought to the so called pearl shop in China, I never dare to buy the pearls as even though they claimed the shop to be controlled by the government, there’s just too many fake goods in China to know the geniuenity of the pearls in those shops. And I have never realize besides the grade of the pearls , there are also many different types , not until now. I’ve just learned that there’s freshwater, japanese akoya, hanadama and chinese akoya, tahitian, golden south sea and white south sea pearls.

I never dare to buy things in China, but if I were to buy pearls jewelry, I think I can trust shop like PearlsOnly. They have the world most beautiful pearls. Not only they have China pearls , they also have Akoya from Japan and Tahitian pearls. It’s easy to shop online at Pearlsonly as you can either choose by pearl color, pearl type or jewelry type. They also have special collections.

If you are a pearl lover, it’s no harm to hop over to pearlsonly,com to have a look.