Guide to buying pearl jewellery. Stephen Francis, retail regional manager of Paspaley Pearls Pty Ltd, Dubai, gives the lowdown on what you need to know before buying these gorgeous gems. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Pearls come from nature and every single one is unique and has its own personality, just
00:12like a customer.
00:13So I would encourage customers to try lots of different sizes and shapes and colours
00:17to really find the pearl that makes them feel great.
00:20All you really need to know are about the five basic virtues to identify a good quality
00:25pearl.
00:26First is the first virtue and it's definitely the most important virtue in making a pearl
00:30beautiful.
00:33Second most important virtue is complexion.
00:36Complexion is the surface of the pearl.
00:38We look at how perfect the surface of the pearl is and how free it is of any blemishes.
00:45The third virtue is size.
00:48Large pearls generally are rarer and more valuable.
00:51Anything 15 millimetres or over is considered very rare and very, very valuable.
00:56The fourth virtue is shape.
00:59We recognise around seven or eight different shapes and these include very classic traditional
01:04shapes such as round or oval or drop and then we have more unusual shapes like baroque or
01:09circle.
01:10The great thing is that it's really up to your personal taste and preference which shape
01:13suits you and your personality.
01:17The last virtue is colour.
01:19Like shape, colour is very much up to one's personal preference and skin toning.
01:23At Paspale we do South Sea Pearls which generally are white pearls with subtle overtonings of
01:28pink or silver or cream or gold.
01:31There are other colours of pearl in the marketplace such as black and freshwater pearls but these
01:37pearls come from different types of oysters.