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Originally Posted by Slraep OMG, one thing they are not is unprocessed akoya, which are unbelievably fugly to behold. In fact, they look more like "highly processed" akoya. |
Um, that's not entirely accurate.
Guess?
The super-akoya posted by Jeremy were completely unprocessed. Granted, these are really exceptional examples, but I actually asked Jeremy about this via pm several months back, and he told me that although most akoya are not so great, the same is true of fw, and that many gem-level akoya are found straight from the oyster. The picture on the pearl-guide homepage
http://www.pearl-guide.com/
shows 2 such nice-looking pearls just as they were found in the oyster. Although there are plenty of over-processed pearls out there, the fact that an akoya has not been treated does not automatically mean that it will be hideous.