Cygnet Bay Pearl Tour & Grading Class

The Australian pearl from its Indigenous beginnings through to the four generations of the Brown family who have been pearling and living here since 1946.

On our first day we had an insight into the fascinating history of pearling in Cygnet Bay and how some of the most sought-after and beautiful pearls in the world are cultivated.

The Pearl Harvest Demonstration was to see how these beauties are harvested, the pearl in the picture that was harvested was valued at $1800. During our second day we booked an In-depth Pearl Grading and Appreciation Session.
We sat in white coats looking like we should be admitted and started to grade 40 pearls, the grading consisted of shape, size and how blemished the pearl was.
Later I choose to have one of the pearls we’d been grading made into a necklace which will be sent off to Perth for collection at Christmas.
Size 14, grade B1 and Baroque in shape, the reason I went for the Baroque was it was such an unusual shape.Read more