How Numbers Influence The Sale Of Pearl Necklaces
The writer of the following article does not own a large collection of pearl necklaces. The writer of the following article does not posses a greater than normal knowledge of pearl necklaces. The writer of the following article does recall a time when she was very glad that she had at least one pearl necklace. That was the time when she had only one dress large enough to wear to the wedding of her brother-in-law. That one dress had a simple front, the sort of front that should be dressed up with a string of pearls. The writer was glad that her small jewelry box then contained such an item.
Some wealthy women strive to have many pearl necklaces in their jewelry box. For them the number that they associate with pearl necklaces is the number of such necklaces that they own. The children of those same women might enjoy counting the number of pearls in any one pearl necklace.
Yet for those who know a good deal about pearl necklaces, the number of significance in relation to pearls describes one of a pearl’s several different features. Sometimes jewelers want to look at the size of a pearl. Among the pearls that end up on a necklace, most pearls are between 2 mm and 10 mm in diameter.
Another number that should interest a pearl merchant concerns a pearl’s nacre thickness. The nacre is the layer of threads placed over the core of the pearl. A pearl must grow for at least three years in order to have an appreciable nacre thickness. Pearls with such a thickness are sure to be chosen for stringing on a pearl necklace.
A jeweler can not use a number for every feature found on the pearls in one or more pearl necklaces. A jeweler looks at the color of those pearls. A jeweler studies the luster of those pearls. The luster of a pearl refers to the ability of the pearl to reflect light, and to send that light up into the viewing eye.
Some of the numbers that relate to pearls are not obvious to the jeweler. A jeweler can not know how deep a pearl diver had to go in order to find a particular pearl. A jeweler can not know the size of a pearl farm. Those unknown numbers have no bearing on the quality of a pearl.
The other features, including the features that give rise to a number or numbers do determine the quality of a pearl. A jeweler judges the quality of a pearl according to its size, its luster and its nacre thickness. A person looking at pearl necklaces might also have a preference for a pearl of a certain color.
Contrary to the general misconception, not all pearls are white. Some pearls are gold, Some pearls are black. All top quality pearls do have a satiny finish. It is that finish that gives each pearl some amount of luster. That luster allows the pearls in a necklace to catch the eye of a potential necklace buyer.
A potential necklace buyer will, generally, base his or her purchase at least partially on the price of the necklace. Yet the price of a pearl necklace will depend on the quality of the pearls in that necklace. Because a set of numbers helps to define each pearl’s quality, a set of numbers has a bearing on the sale of pearl necklaces.