Pink?

[Rebecka]

Can a south sea pearl be naturally pink? Or when a south sea pearl is pink, does that mean that it has been dyed?
I saw a photo of a carved pink south sea pearl ring today.

 

[starsinthesea]

Maybe that thread helps to answer your question: https://www.pearl-guide.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8069&highlight=pink+south

 

[Rebecka]

Thanks starsinthesea

Here is a photo of the ring from AG/AU goldsmiths:

 

[jshepherd]

That color definitely looks more like a freshwater than a South Sea.

 

[Katbran]

Very cool ring ! I've certainly seen white SS pearls with a pink overtone ( hope that's correct) but they certainly were not PINK pearls. The only pink pearls I've seen are freshwater. Jeremy is the hands down expert so what he says goes

 

[Rebecka]

Jeremy, it didn't even cross my mind that it'd be a different type of pearl, I just thought it may have been dyed. I feel sorry for both the goldsmith and the customer (although they will probably never find out). It's a reputable goldsmith, so I believe that it'd be an honest mistake on her part. She may have been duped from wherever she puys her pearls.

Katbran, yes it is quite cool isn't it? I like this goldsmith's work, her designs are great.

 

[JerseyPearl]

Those look like beads of gold rather than pearls!

 

[KAC]

well it's just not a common color for SSPs, I've only seen it a couple of times before. But in freshwater pearls we see that color all the time, so based on that fact it seems most likely it's a FWP.


I asked the farm manager about that pinky/lavender pearl and they said some of the oysters produce that color, but they try to selectively breed it out. In other words they don't want the lavender color and only rarely occurs.

Interestingly she did tell me that if they wanted to selectively breed for that color they could produce it regularly. So down the road we may see other color options if someone gets the inclination to branch out of whites and golds.

 

[Rebecka]

That's very interesting. Thanks for sharing

 

[Icyjade]

I remember a magnificent pink ring that Red shared some time back:

https://www.pearl-guide.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8069

I would think that pink ssps would be desirable... Like fancy color diamonds for those who love (and can afford) fancy colours...

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Freshwaters come in that color naturally, though. (No need for it to be dyed.)