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.

Når ferskvandsperler høstes, bliver de sorteret i hånden efter størrelse, form, farve og kvalitet, inden de bliver til de strenge, du finder i webshoppen. Den sortering er nødvendig, fordi to perler fra samme musling sjældent er helt ens – der vil altid være små variationer i form, glans og overflade. Det er netop dét, der gør naturperler så smukke og levende.

Grade-systemet er vores måde at gruppere perlerne i kvalitetsniveauer, så du ved præcis, hvad du får. Det er især rart, når du handler online og ikke kan stå med perlerne i hånden først.

Værd at vide: Der findes ingen officiel global standard for grading af ferskvandsperler. Forskellige forhandlere og perlefarme bruger forskellige skalaer – nogle bruger A til AAAA, andre Class I til Class IV, og nogle laver helt deres egne.

Hos Uniq Perler har vi valgt den internationalt mest udbredte AAAA → AAA → AA+ → A skala, fordi den er nem at forstå og sammenligne på tværs.

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.

Ferskvandsperler er skabt i naturen, og derfor vil du altid kunne finde små mærker og variationer på overfladen. Det er ikke fejl, men tegn på at perlen er ægte og naturskabt.

Jo højere grade, desto færre mærker – men uanset hvilken kvalitet du vælger, udvælger vi hver streng med omhu, så du kan være tryg ved det, du modtager.

Der er ikke ét rigtigt svar – det handler om, hvad du skal lave, og hvilket udtryk du går efter:

• Skal du lave eksklusive smykker eller noget til gave, er Grade AAAA eller AAA det naturlige valg.
• Vil du have smukke hverdagssmykker, er Grade AA+ et rigtig godt match.
• Går du efter et råt, naturligt look eller laver hobbyprojekter, er Grade A ideel.

Mange af vores kunder kombinerer faktisk forskellige grades i samme smykke. En Grade AAAA centerperle med Grade AA+ sideperler giver et flot resultat, hvor blikket trækkes mod den fineste perle, mens helheden stadig holdes på et fornuftigt budget.

Den her kvalitetsguide er ikke en officiel global standard, men vores måde at gøre kvalitetsforskellene gennemskuelige for dig. Vi har valgt AAAA–A skalaen, fordi den er den mest brugte internationalt, og fordi den gør det nemt at sammenligne med andre forhandlere.

Hos Uniq Perler stræber vi altid efter at have de smukkeste perler til den bedste pris. Derfor vil du opdage, at alle vores ferskvandsperler er af en rigtig god kvalitet, uanset grade. Vi udvælger hver streng med omhu, og når den sendes afsted til dig, kan du være tryg ved, at perlerne er matchet med omtanke.