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Wholesale Freshwater Pearl Strands from China<\/h1>\n

Freshwater pearls are the cultured pearl of the volume trade, and the farming regions around China’s lakes supply most of the world. The strand is sold by grade, and the grade is a set of judgments about lustre, surface and shape that a buyer either understands or overpays for. This page translates the grading into checks you can run with a lamp and a loupe.<\/p>\n

\"Freshwater<\/p>\n

The failures: strands sold one grade above what is in the bag, pearls drilled off centre so the strand will never hang straight, and knotting skipped to save labour, which means one broken thread loses the whole necklace.<\/p>\n

All three are visible in minutes. The category context is in our wholesale jewelry overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lustre, surface and the grade ladder<\/h2>\n

Lustre is the pearl’s value: light reflected sharply from the nacre reads as quality, and a dull, chalky surface reads as cheap at any size. Surface grading counts blemishes; shape grades run from round to baroque, and freshwater pearls are rarely perfect rounds, so the price ladder rewards honesty about shape.<\/p>\n

Matching is the strand’s craft: colour, size and lustre across a strand should read as one necklace, not a collection. Drill quality decides whether the strand hangs true and whether the thread is protected. Knotting between pearls is the traditional construction, and it is labour, which makes it the first thing dropped on cheap strands.<\/p>\n

Specifications and minimum order<\/h2>\n

Pearl prices move with harvests and grade demand, so live figures come with the quotation. Fix these points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specification<\/th>\nWhat to confirm before you order<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Size<\/td>\nMillimetre range, measured, not labelled<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lustre<\/td>\nGrade defined by comparison against a physical standard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Surface<\/td>\nBlemish allowance stated as a grade, verified under a lamp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shape<\/td>\nRound, near round or baroque, named honestly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Drill<\/td>\nCentred and full drilled, with the hanging test as standard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Construction<\/td>\nKnotted between pearls, thread and clasp quality named<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pedido m\u00ednimo<\/td>\nStrands by the hundred in practice; matching labour sets the pace per grade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Our minimum order is 1 piece, so a graded, knotted sample strand is approved before any production commitment. The production minimum follows the grade and matching labour, and we confirm it against your spec. Our sourcing service<\/a> buys at the farming and trading hubs, where grades are separated before export.<\/p>\n

Grading is a comparison, not a label<\/h2>\n

Every grade word in the pearl trade, AAA, AA+, and their cousins, means what the comparison says it means and nothing more. The reliable method is a physical standard strand kept with the order: bulk is graded against the standard under the same lamp, by the same protocol, every time.<\/p>\n

Drill and knotting are the mechanical checks. A strand hangs straight only if every pearl is drilled centred; a knotted strand survives a broken thread; a glued or unknotted strand does neither. Our quality assurance service<\/a> writes the grading protocol and the mechanical checks into the order.<\/p>\n

What belongs in the purchase order<\/h2>\n