Adele - White AAA 6-6.5mm Freshwater Cultured Pearl Rope Necklace with 22mm Coin Pearl Accents

The Adele Rope Necklace is a Contemporary Twist on the classic pearl rope necklace. The approximately 44-inch white rope necklace is comprised of over 140 lustrous pearls – 132 6-6.5mm pearls are highlighted with 11 very large 22mm iridescent coin pearls stationed around the necklace. This style definitely gets noticed and is unlikely to be seen anywhere else as it is a HinsonGayle Signature design. The AAA-grade freshwater pearl coloring is 100% natural. Each pearl has gorgeous body color, rich tone, mirror-like luster, and hints of the rarest of pearl value characteristics known as surface iridescence. HinsonGayle's pearls are NOT lacquer coated to create a false and temporary luster. The lustrous pearls are individually hand knotted on fine Japanese thread. The 6-6.5mm pearls are AAA handpicked and present a glowing continuity to showcase the striking iridescence of the very large coin pearls. The coin pearls have pronounced rainbow iridescence or orient as they say in the pearl trade. Because creativity is a signature feature of HinsonGayle designer necklaces, this rope necklace can be worn at full length or wrapped twice. It can also be worn as a gorgeous wrapped bracelet.

* Iridescent: showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles.

The Break in Period
Pearl necklaces should always be strung very tightly, as their thread will stretch with use. After your jewelry is worn a few times (the “break in” period), the thread will gradually relax, allowing your pearl jewelry to lie perfectly against the skin. Rest assured, it is normal for a properly strung strand of pearls to lie a bit wavy when brand new. Be wary of any new strand that lies completely flat right out of the box. If a strand is strung loosely, it’s a sign of poor quality. As soon as the thread begins to stretch, there will be too much space between the knots and the pearls will slide about. 

Selecting the Perfect Pearls

SIZE

Freshwater Cultured pearls range in size from 6.0mm up to 12.0mm, with the most popular sizes being 6.0-7.0mm, 7.0-8.0mm and 8.0-9.0mm. Generally, the smaller sized 6.0-7.0mm are perfect for petite ladies, teens and girls over 8 years old, while the 7.0-8.0mm and larger  sizes are an excellent and popular selection for women of all ages.

COLOR/OVERTONE

Freshwater Cultured pearls come in a continuum of natural colors. Ranging from white, pink, peachy-pink, and even rarer, lavender hues. Color-treated black freshwater cultured pearls are dark, multi-colored pearls that exhibit iridescent peacock colors.

LUSTER

The quality and quantity of light that is reflected from the surface, and just under the surface, of a pearl.  Pearls with a high luster have more nacre and are generally more  valuable. Both our AAA Handpicked and AAA Gem quality pearls display luster that is incredibly lustrous and "satiny". Our AAA Gem quality Cultured pearls will reflect light at a higher rate, and feature slightly sharper luster.

SURFACE QUALITY

Surface quality in freshwater cultured pearls is usually graded on an A-AAA grading scale. Our AAA Gem Collection and AAA Handpicked quality will display much less blemishing than the industry accepted norm of 5% blemishing on the surface. HinsonGayle classic round studs and strand surfaces are almost perfectly clean.

SHAPE

Pearls come in an infinite number of shapes. Generally the rounder the pearl the more valuable (assuming all other grading characteristics are the same). Our Classic Collection comes in round, near round, slightly off round, button, and oval shapes. Our Designer Collection showcases free-form baroque, keshi, coin and seed pearls.

MATCHING

Whenever a pearl is sold with other pearls, matching becomes an important value factor. Pearl are matched on color, luster, surface quality, size and shape. The pearls in classic studs and single strands should appear uniform on these value characteristics.

HinsonGayle Quality Grades 

AAA Gem Collection 

AAA Gem Collection Classic jewelry consists of rare, nearly perfectly round, ultra-premium pearls that exude the smoothest and cleanest surfaces with an incredibly high luster, brilliant iridescence, uniform in size, meticulously color-matched, and virtually flawless.

AAA Handpicked Collection

Graded at slightly below our AAA Gem Collection, this particular class still offers meticulous color and size matching, striking iridescence, naturally high luster and smooth surfaces — these round shaped pearls are classified as nearly round/slightly off round.

Handpicked

Exceptional value at HinsonGayle never means sacrificing quality. Our Handpicked Collection pearls are almost equal in luster, size, uniformity, and color matching as our AAA grade collections. Used in many of our fashion-forward designs, these pearls may exhibit very minor surface imperfections and are always stunning. Classic round pearl designs will be slightly off-round.