For thousands of years pearls have exerted their charm, fostering myths and legends. Emblems of everlasting natural beauty, pearls have been linked by many cultures to the divine creation. Even today, pearls can raise deep and ancient emotions.
Every pearl has its own character and all Genesia's pearls are carefully selected by experts who evaluate every aspect, always in the name of excellence. Each person is destined to a pearl. Just find out which one.
For many centuries, the Freshwater pearls have been farmed into lakes and rivers, especially in the East, China and Japan.
Freshwater pearls have hundreds of different shapes, sizes and natural colours. Each one is very shiny as they contain fewer organic materials in comparison to the saltwater pearls.
Their most important feature is that they don't have a core, making them completely composed by mother of pearl.
Freshwater pearls are very resistant and well suited to those with bright and creative personalities, who know how to take life with the right lightness and composure.
Also known as Japanese pearls, the Akoya pearls are mainly farmed in Japan, China and Vietnam. They are the most widespread saltwater pearls.
Akoya pearls are well-known for their brightness. Usually they are white, ivory or cream with a pink and silver hue. They are not very large, measuring between 0.07 and 0.39 inches.
Their most important characteristic is their terrific regular rounded shape, nearly perfect.
The Akoyas are classic and elegant pearls which can dress individuality with a particular taste for those well-made, timeless things of the past.
There are two different types of South Sea pearl: the Australian and the Tahitian.
Australian pearls are the most farmed pearls in the world, the rarest and the most precious. Their size can also exceed the 0.79 inches. They are farmed between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, mainly in Australia, but also in the Philippines and Indonesia. The colours vary from cream to silver-grey and rosy-white.
The Tahitian black pearls are farmed in the whole French Polynesian archipelago. They are very cherished for their unique colours, that can vary from light grey to deep black and silver, from amazing peacock green to bronze, aubergine, and many other colours. They are quite big pearls with a diameter between 0.35 and 0.71 inches.
The South Sea pearls are icons of true luxury and are perfect for people who likes to feel different and unique, but always with style and elegance.
Origin and colour are not the only important feature of a pearl. Another distinctive characteristic of pearls is their shape. In fact, in addition to the classic and perfectly spheric pearls, there are ovals, drop and irregular shapes, also known as "Baroque" or "Scaramazze".
In all places pearls are farmed, there is a percentage of them which is not conformed to classic standards. Nature sometimes chooses to surprise us, donating us rounded pearls with unexpected indentation and sinuosity, making them extremely fascinating.
This kind of pearls are also called Baroque, thus assuming their own individuality.
Imperfections become a source of pride for those who wear the Baroque pearls. They suit bold and nonconformist personalities perfectly.
Twenty
years of human experimentation give life to a new type of pearl. Edison
pearls are grown in freshwater but start from a single solid core like a
saltwater pearl, thus producing a single gem at a time.
The spherical perfection and the greater size of Akoya pearls are combined with the brightness of Fresh Waters for a result increasingly appreciated by pearl lovers because of their greater brightness, almost perfect sphericity, and nice size, with a diameter between 0.35 and 0.63 inches.
Edison pearls dress elegant and classic women of all ages. They are also perfect for those who want to try on their first pearls.
