Cultured Pearls vs. Real Pearls - Pearls of Joy

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Ok this one drives me crazy People call me all the time and say: "I don't want cultured pearls, I want REAL pearls". So, here's the deal Apart from a very small collectors market in natural (wild pearls), all pearls bought and sold on the retail market are cultured pearls. As a reference point, a strand of natural pearls could sell for $1.0 million+. Unless you're the Prince of Monaco, cultured pearls are what you're looking for. Difference Between Cultured Pearls & Natural Pearls Cultured pearls are real pearls grown inside real oysters at pearl farms in Japan, Australia, Indonesia, China and many more locations. Natural/Wild Pearls are typically found by shellfish harvesters purely by accident. You might have to open 10,000 oysters to find a single decent quality natural pearl. It's this rarity that gives them their high price