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Is saltwater pearls better than freshwater pearls?

April 26, 2017freshwater pearls saltwater

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Is saltwater pearls better than freshwater pearls?

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It depends on whom you ask, but many pearl experts today agree that freshwater cultured pearls can rival the beauty of their saltwater cousins. Due to improvements in cultivation techniques, freshwater pearl farmers producing beautiful, round, shiny beads, there is a great improvement over the wrinkled, Rice-Krispies-shaped beads that typified freshwater pearl crop of not-so-distant past.