Consistent quality and high luster arehallmarks of Japanese akoya cultured pearls.These features make them excellent candidatesfor matching. Pearl farmers cultivate akoya pearls in Pearl farmers cultivate akoya pearls in Pictadafucatamartensii mollusks.

Akoya mollusks have always been abundant in Japanese waters, but akoyas also grow in China, Korea, Southeast Asia, the Red and Mediterranean seas and the Persian Gulf. Akoya pearls come in colour range of white, cream, yellow, pink, blue. Most akoya cultured pearls are round or near-round, and strands excel in the matching value factor.