Akoya saltwater cultured pearls are the most popular luxury pearl sold today. They are round and lustrous and are increasing in rarity with each year. In fact, the finest Akoya pearls in the largest sizes are becoming rarer than South Sea pearls.

Our Japanese cultured Akoya pearls 7.0-7.5mm and larger are natural colour, untreated pearls. Only a meagre few of the finest jewellery stores in North America have this quality of pearl available. The vast majority of retail stores only have pearls that have been colour treated in some way.

To illustrate our commitment to quality Select Pearls includes a Pearl Science Laboratory of Japan (PSL) certificate with all of our AAA Japanese 7.0-7.5mm and larger Akoya pearl necklaces, certifying that our AAA pearls meet their highest grade of Hanadama. No other store offers this. We also carry our Hanadama grade which exceeds this standard. For this reason our AA+ quality Akoya pearls are often finer quality than most AAA quality pearls sold anywhere else.