Black Copper Freshwater Cultured AAA Pearl Stud Earrings 14K White Gold

New! We don't think you can find these unique pearl studs anywhere else. Elegant and sophisticated, our AAA Handpicked black (with copper-color overtones and purple to green undertones) pearl studs make the perfect transition from day to night. This beautiful pair of handpicked HinsonGayle black pearl stud earrings is fashioned from premium cultured pearls mounted on solid 14K gold posts. The AAA-grade freshwater black pearls are color treated to create richly colored surfaces with colorful copper color overtones. Each pair is unique and colors vary from brassy copper, to purple copper to greenish copper. See photos for variation. These gorgeous black pearls have an exceptional luster and smooth surface. With their nearly perfectly round shapes and the fact that premium freshwater pearls have a 100% solid nacre, HinsonGayle's handpicked AAA-grade pearls represent the top of the pearl harvest. (Also available in Black with Blue-Green overtones and Black with Purple Aubergine overtones NOTE: These earrings go great with our popular black multi-color round necklaces and bracelets and our black multi-color baroque necklaces and bracelets. SIZE GUIDE: The smaller sized 6.5mm are appropriate for younger girls or women who enjoy a more delicate understated look. The standard sized 7.5mm are our most popular size. Followed by 8.0mm. Our larger sizes (8.5mm and above) are great for pairing with HinsonGayle's larger size pearl necklaces and bracelets (8.5-12mm).

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.