What a coincidence! A few days ago, there was a mussel seller on the roadside, because I had seen the live video of opening mussels and taking pearls before, and then I bought a few and showed them to everyone.
Start opening the blind box. . .
The pearls that were taken out. . .
The final result. . . .
Buying mussels and pearls by yourself is not easy to produce precious pearls;
Looking at the picture, you can see that pearls are small and not so round, and these values are very low. If you want a pearl necklace, it is better to buy a pearl necklace directly. Generally, the price of a clam remains around 20 yuan -80 yuan. The older you get, the more pearls you open, and the more expensive they are. However, the chances of a good pearl opening are very small, and it takes processing fees to make a necklace or bracelet yourself. It is not cost-effective to buy a pearl necklace directly.
What pearls are the most precious:
Generally speaking, the quantity above 10 mm is small and the value is high, but the production range of freshwater pearls is below 10mm, and the mussels I bought on the roadside are far from 10mm.
In addition, the circle is the most expensive pearl, and the more round the pearl, the more valuable it is. For freshwater pearls, the proportion of round pearls is very small. Usually, round freshwater pearls don't need to be strung, because the number is too small to be collected and matched, and they are more used to embed single pearl pendants, rings or earrings.
So it's right to open a clam to get pearls, but it's not recommended to buy a clam and open it yourself, because the clam you bought can hardly produce good pearls.