Important Tables on Famous Pearls of the World

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The Need for a Dedicated Webpage on Important Tables on Famous Pearls of the World

Our website has an extensive resource database on the natural and cultured pearl industries of the world, and has incorporated exhaustive information on around 130 famous pearls and pearl-containing jewelry, both historic and contemporary, and 10 dedicated pages on the History of the Discovery & Appreciation of Pearls, as well as latest research articles relevant to the pearl industry. In dealing with pearls we have adopted a broad-based scientific approach, not only dealing with nacreous pearls of commercial value both natural and cultured, but also various types of non-nacreous pearls that may not have a commercial importance, such as non-nacreous pearls produced by the giant clam Tridacna gigas. eg. Pearl of Allah, Palawan Princess; melo melo pearls produced by the melo melo sea snail, eg. Bao Dai/Sunrise Pearl; conch pearls produced by the queen conch (Strombus gigas) and horse conch (Pleurocopa gigantea), eg. Queen Mary Conch Pearl Brooch, Susan Hendrickson's Conch Pearls; Quahog pearls produced by the quahog clam Mercenaria mercenaria, eg. Pearl of Venus incorporated in the Golash Quahog Pearl Brooch; Scallop pearls produced by the Atlantic Lion's Paw (Nodipecten nodosus), the Pacific Lion's Paw (Nodipecten subnodosus), the Atlantic Sea Scallop (Placopecten magellanicus), and the Atlantic bay scallop (Argopecten irradians), and the extremely rare nautilus and argonaut pearls produced by the shelled cephalopods Nautilus species and Argonaut species.

In some famous pearl pages whenever it seemed expedient, we have also incorporated tabulated information on famous pearls that gives a wealth of information, eg. Table on the Famous Nacreous and Non-Nacreous Single Pearls arranged in descending order of weights - which gives not only the overall position of a famous pearl in terms of its weight in the list of famous pearls in the world, but also the type of pearl - whether nacreous or non-nacreous, its color, whether saltwater or freshwater; the species of mollusk from which it was derived; and also the shape of the pearl. eg. Table of famous nacreous pearls arranged in descending order of weight - which also gives the weight, shape, type (saltwater or freshwater) and color of pearl apart from the overall position of the pearl in the list of famous nacreous pearls.

In this webpage we have attempted to collate together all such tables pertaining to pearls scattered across various webpages on famous pearls, on our website, for the benefit of our readers and for easy reference on important information relevant to such pearls, such as the price fetched by such a famous pearl at a public auction etc.

Table 1 - Table of famous nacreous single pearls arranged in descending order of weight

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Table 2 - Famous nacreous and non-nacreous single pearls arranged in descending order of weights

In the table please note that pearl no. 15 Paspaley Pearl is a cultured nacreous spherical pearl

Table 3 - Table of famous nacreous drop-shaped pearls arranged in descending order of weights

Table 4 - Table of famous nacreous pear-shaped drop pearls arranged in descending order of weights

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Table 5 - Table of some famous natural pearls/pearl jewelry sold at public auctions conducted by international auction houses, giving the date of auction and the prices realized, during the period 1970 to 2011

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Table 6 - Some of the natural pearl and diamond ear pendants sold at public auctions and the prices realized

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