Here at Uniq Perler, you will from time to time find that some of our freshwater pearls are stamped with e.g. Grade AAA, Grade AA, Grade A. Now you might be thinking? -"What exactly is wrong with that and what does it really mean?"
Read this guide we have made for you and learn a little bit more about freshwater pearls and their quality stamp.

Grade E freshwater pearls are the pinnacle of freshwater pearls.

We have listed 6 points that characterize the Grade E pearl:

1. The pearl has a true natural round shape - Less than 5% deviation from spherical shape.
2. The pearl has an extraordinary luster - Incredibly sharp luster with high reflection.
3. The reflected light from the pearl appears as sharp and characteristic edges.
4. The occurrence of spots on the freshwater pearl is between 0-5% on each individual pearl surface.
5. Strings of pearls appear clean and uniform upon inspection of the string.
6. Almost perfect matching of the pearls on the string - Minimal variation in color, tone, luster, shape or size between the pearls.

Grade AAA is the next in line and is in many ways close to being almost as perfect a pearl as the Grade E pearl.

Here are 6 things that characterize the Grade AAA pearl:

1. The shape of the pearl most often appears as close to perfectly round.
2. The pearl has an excellent luster - Sharp reflection.
3. The reflected light from the pearl is sharp, where the edges can appear satin.
4. The occurrence of spots on the freshwater pearl is less than 5% on each pearl surface
5. Strings of pearls will be clean and pleasing to the eye upon inspection.
6. Almost perfect matching of the beads on the string - Little to no variation in color, tone, luster, shape or size.

Then we've come to the icing on the cake and that's our Grade A pearls. Again, these freshwater pearls are of really fine quality.

Here are 6 things that characterize the Grade A pearl:

1. Some round beads, but also an equal amount of off-round beads on the string.
2. Good shine - The pearls have a really nice reflection.
3. The reflected light in the pearl can be blurry.
4. The incidence of spots on the freshwater pearl is less than 50% on each pearl surface.
5. The beads on the strings have stains.
6. Good matching of the pearls on the string - There are variations in colour, tone, shine, shape or size.

This quality guide is not an official guide for freshwater pearls. However, we have chosen to use it to give you the opportunity to choose between the different qualities.
It also means that if one day you feel you need a little extra self-pampering - and you do have that once in a while.

Then you now have the opportunity to buy a pearl, not only based on the picture, but also according to our Grade AE ​​guide, which tells you a little about the quality of the pearl you are looking at.

Finally, I just want to give a shout out to all our freshwater pearls!

Uniq Perler always strives to have the most beautiful pearls, at the best price. Therefore, you will also discover that all our pearls are of super good quality, regardless of the quality stamp.
The freshwater pearls are carefully selected with quality in mind and when we send them off to you, you can be sure that a virtue has been made of matching all the pearls.