Hi
'Green' would be an overtone of the pearls. The websites of some web-shops give an automatic option to select the overtone. Others do not, but this does not mean the sellers would not accommodate a specific request.
I don't think you have much choice between 'color' and 'quality'. You might find a pearl with some blemished (= lower quality) and still with strong green overtone, but I believe that the peal still needs to have high lustre an thick nacre to show the overtone to begin with. Basically, by asking for color (I believe) you are asking for high quality too.
Now, I don't think that putting up with serious blemishing is going to make the purchase less expensive - it may take a while and you might as well never find the pearl with such specific trade-off: high lustre, orient, strong green overtone - a very desirable color, and some chips and scratches here and there. Not sure why the particular combination is not common - perhaps because those desirable qualities are also associated with thicker nacre... and pearls are polished. Who knows. After all, you just need one pearl, and the precise item might as well come by.
What should give you choice of price for the required color is the choice of size and shape of pearl: baroque ones tend to have stronger lustre and orient which show off those colors, and smaller pearls are more likely to be of high quality... and either option costs less then a round. for whatever reason.
Certainly, this is just my idea of how these things work. Not saying I'm right.
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Originally Posted by jpacella Is there anything I can do to ensure the colors are as vibrant as possible? Should I expect what I see in the picture? Will they at least be green, just varying shades? |
'Guess you can ask for a specific overtone.
Should you expect to se it in a picture; not really... pearls are notoriously difficult to photograph. That's what return policies are for
You might want to clarify the
difference between 'body color' and 'overtone' for pearls. But I would imagine that you are after dark body color with strong green overtone. Everyone is!
Yes, there is allot of variation among pearls... that's why matching strands is not to be taken for granted, for example. Wish I knew some way to show this - the sight of a pile of dark pearls with their myriad of distinct natural shades is quite wonderful
Try
HERE (the website of a pearl grower who is posting here too on occasion).