Why Pearls Are So Expensive

Why Pearls Are So Expensive | So Expensive

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Pearls come in many different colors and sizes, and these variables help determine their value. The most expensive pearl ever sold was Marie Antoinette's pendant. It went for $32 million in a 2018 Sotheby's auction. Celebrities like Rihanna, Uma Thurman, and Cardi B all adorned themselves in pearls for last year's Met Gala.
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Why Pearls Are So Expensive | So Expensive

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@ywwot 5 жыл бұрын

Pearl is so expensive because she's Mr.Krabs daughter

@HamzaKhan-vk3xs 5 жыл бұрын

boti like father like daughter, pay her more to do more 😏

@theepichydras6096 5 жыл бұрын

I have free V-bucks boi WHAT O.O.. but if she was.. well.. 😏

@mohidshahzad5439 5 жыл бұрын

Lame

@lvlydlsrys4340 5 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHA lmao

@primeribgaming2681 5 жыл бұрын

boti Thats pearl the whale. This is talking about a real pearl.

@jminval4648 5 жыл бұрын

My grandma found a purple pearl in an oyster she was eating and they valued it at like $650

@andrwwz6351 5 жыл бұрын

Damn, that's some incredible luck. And purple at that.

@ApianCandle 5 жыл бұрын

Well a little similar story happened to me too... I ate an oyster I felt something round and slippery...and I *ACCIDENTALLY* swallowed it ;-; I'm thinking that it might be a pearl...

@tinytitan1147 5 жыл бұрын

Thanos pearl

@nandinhocunha440 5 жыл бұрын

You found a stone my dude

@ricosuave4275 5 жыл бұрын

Super cool! Oysters - good for libido and your bank account! Off to the oyster bar to get a dozen more oysters.

@tortillawhisperer5811 4 жыл бұрын

It was weird to me when they said “the more round the better.” My grandma always told me that bumpy/more oval/imperfect pearls were worth more because they were natural and “one of a kind” since there would never be a pearl that ever looked like it. She said how you knew it wasn’t artificial because real oysters couldn’t make perfect pearls. Technically all real pearls are natural and that uncultured pearls that are perfectly round are possible, but the mindset never left me because whenever I buy pearls they have to be imperfect, otherwise they just look fake

@sakurahimari3627 4 жыл бұрын

I agree with ur grandma!

@kpopfan2547 4 жыл бұрын

I approve the logic

@barryb.benson7122 4 жыл бұрын

That’s true. One of the reasons Marie Antoinette’s pearl sold for that much

@Jaywin228 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe because round pearls in nature are much more rarer and looks better to the eye that they are more expensive

@emilyblack7342 3 жыл бұрын

As far as cultured pearls go (especially for Tahitian and freshwater pearls) the round pearls are far harder to produce. They’re considered more valuable because they’re rarer, and that perfectly spherical line of pearls is what a lot of people want. However, baroque pearls tend to have better luster and orient than round pearls. That meant that when colourful pearls catch the light, they show off the most beautiful rainbow of colors. I may prefer round pearls, but your grandma has good taste!

@AbhisarRawat 3 жыл бұрын

So harvesting a pearl is like : Poking a person with a pin so a scab forms, And then harvesting the scab.

@butterychopsticksandpie8291 3 жыл бұрын

Abhisar Rawat Ew you ruined pearls for me

@lemurthequailfriend2389 3 жыл бұрын

Imaginine a neclace of scabs. Now I'm traumatized

@wildgr33n 3 жыл бұрын

i think its more like this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithopedion

@natoman123 3 жыл бұрын

More like a kidney stone

@eduardochavacano 3 жыл бұрын

exactly... so its Keloid.

@josephadam3666 5 жыл бұрын

All the dislikes are from oysters

@hildaalintria7484 4 жыл бұрын

Kkkk

@Esbheidhy 4 жыл бұрын

This made me giggle 😂

@caratlove4107 4 жыл бұрын

And bitter poor people.

@larissaelizibeth7105 3 жыл бұрын

I would dislike it too, if I were an oyster. Think about it, they are being kidnapped from their homes, taken to a strange place and essentially raped so the kidnappers can come back later and cut the baby out and sell it to rich people at high prices!!

@aidanbookard6803 3 жыл бұрын

Why are pearls so expensive? Same reason why AirPods are: Great marketing

@user-ym1nf6el9m 4 жыл бұрын

Natural pearls have layers like an onion Shrek has layers like an onion Shrek is a pearl

@RandyMarsh.. 4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Krabs has layers, Mr. Krabs shell has layers Mr. Krabs says MOTHER OF PEARL!

@mopsop7545 4 жыл бұрын

This is my favourite comment

@RandyMarsh.. 4 жыл бұрын

@@mopsop7545 yay

@pow9606 4 жыл бұрын

onion has layers like an onion 🤣

@RandyMarsh.. 4 жыл бұрын

@@pow9606So is shrek, because shrek is life, shrek is love. But you gonna get rekt by the Skrek

@clownfromclowntown 4 жыл бұрын

"A gemologist at the gemological institute" sounds like someone caught in a lie when asked about their career

@Namron9797 4 жыл бұрын

Hello, actual studying gemologist here. It's the same thing as saying a professor at a university.

@clownfromclowntown 4 жыл бұрын

Namron9797 I didn’t mean to insult that guy, it’s just a bit silly. Like saying a butcher is a ‘meatologist and a meatological institute”

@BigHenFor 4 жыл бұрын

No, there is a job called Gemmology, and you have to get a degree to do it, as the Gemstone Jewellery business is big business, so knowing about the physical properties, grades, and how they can be processed to increase their quality is a mix of knowledge coming from geology, chemistry, engineering, marketing, and art and design. A niche discipline, but a necessary one because of the money concerned.

@itsmidtrib1569 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it sounds funny I really didn’t know it was a real thing

@clt2744 4 жыл бұрын

@@clownfromclowntown there's nothing silly about it. It's just a lack of understanding on your part.

@jovrien 3 жыл бұрын

Back in 2002 I almost cracked my molars and skull when I bit on a pearl from the clam I was eating bought from a local market and cooked at home. It’s just 2mm in diameter so tiny but I kept it because it’s a one in a million experience lol a few years later I won a prize during prom and I superglued it on the trophy. I still have it to this day. Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk.

@siar073 3 жыл бұрын

Very good TEDTalk 👁👄👁👍

@itsbritneybyotch7471 3 жыл бұрын

Woah-

@hkgs_knight4216 3 жыл бұрын

Is it worth loads

@harveyspecter1855 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@user-un7yy3rh6h 2 жыл бұрын

@@hkgs_knight4216 of course not

@blert 5 жыл бұрын

Pearls are only expensive because we place artificial value on them. That's it.

@slytherinsu 5 жыл бұрын

blert yes! Exactly

@Paolo-uq3fc 5 жыл бұрын

@@1313aves it's so ridiculous lol.

@somefurrycadet5590 5 жыл бұрын

YoungD3mon314 and silver

@quilliamattari2772 5 жыл бұрын

@@1313aves Actually gold and silver are not valuable due to artificial value placed on them. Both metals possess properties that other metals do not. And both of these metals have been valuable since early times.

@karinafelipe12 5 жыл бұрын

Well watever . I agree.

@kokonaoo1087 5 жыл бұрын

What Makes Pearls So Expensive ? "Bored rich People"

@blackdogslivesmatter1568 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@phuongnguyen-yd3bn 5 жыл бұрын

koko naoo I really want to deny you since I love pearl and I am not rich. But surely I have to admit pearl is just for jewelry (but they use pearl powder for beauty treatment too, at least). Actually, I used to love pearl because it is kind of mystery, long history and expensive, but when I had my first and only mikimoto pearl bracelet I was in love with pearl as itself (still don’t know why but it was so interesting, shiny, high quality as itself, so miracle in my eyes)

@liiillllliiilllliilllliii9461 5 жыл бұрын

That's what makes all things expensive supply demand

@phuongnguyen-yd3bn 5 жыл бұрын

JRRnotTolkien yes, I heard that 99% freshwater pearls come from china. It was easy to make freshwater pearl but make salt water pearl was still a big challenge, and mikimoto was the first pioneer to success in it (named it akoya pearl), to make salt water pearl became less expensive and quality. But still, the most expensive pearls are natural sea pearls like the south sea white pearl, the golden south sea pearl and black pearl. For fengshui, those sea salt pearls are good for us more, but of course, we need to be bored rich people who always want to keep our rich forever to demand such kind of high quality pearl.

@whimsical2223 5 жыл бұрын

koko naoo Hotel? Trivago

@mothercereal4438 3 жыл бұрын

I eat oysters from my family's oyster farms every so often and I almost always get a pearl. I never knew natural pearls were rare to find.

@meiaumiau 3 жыл бұрын

Lucky you ahh!

@user-gq5qo4qk2w 2 жыл бұрын

U can collect it and make it into a bracelet!

@mothercereal4438 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-gq5qo4qk2w Will do! ^^

@livewellwitheds6885 2 жыл бұрын

lucky

@yeti6601 2 жыл бұрын

lucky

@aclown36 3 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: *Wearing Marie Atoinette's pearl increases your chances of being decapitated by a bunch of angry Frenchmen*

@fairyonice9504 3 жыл бұрын

Marie Antoinette’s Peal: Buffs: + 10 Fashion score Debuffs: - 10 Charisma when speaking to French peasants and revolutionaries - 5 armour against guillotines and revolting citizenry

@mafic3351 3 жыл бұрын

You ever heard of the Hope Diamond?

@comiczulu5281 3 жыл бұрын

@Panda-24 3 жыл бұрын

@@mafic3351 is it the so called "cursed jewellery"?🤔

@roshanantony64 2 жыл бұрын

Let them eat cake

@juliacastillo1935 5 жыл бұрын

You literally need an x-ray to tell if a pearl is natural or cultured so what I'm learning from this is to claim any pearls I have are natural to impress people

@devonrusinek5807 5 жыл бұрын

@JRRnotTolkien Why would natural oysters/pearls only be there? There's a lot of salt water ocean out there...

@MsJubjubbird 4 жыл бұрын

except if your customer happened to get a second opinion and you were caught lying then you would be out of business with some expensive legal fees

@carlosandleon 4 жыл бұрын

@@MsJubjubbird pffff who said we abide by the law

@samanthaweber2195 4 жыл бұрын

Devon Rusinek temperature also plays a part I think

@Ayaforshort 3 жыл бұрын

You can also tell by how round it is.

@noescapesp4155 4 жыл бұрын

4am browsing recommend *why pearls are so expensive* As shit here we go again

@Kuithpykuim 4 жыл бұрын

No EscapeSP 3 am here lol

@aridora9941 4 жыл бұрын

Me rn lmao

@cateIeya 4 жыл бұрын

No EscapeSP same lmao

@fazebot2405 4 жыл бұрын

JUST pause the video and watch it when you wake up the next day 😂

@multi8108 4 жыл бұрын

so much is wrong right now it's 4:54 and im watching this and you have 669 likes and im having a mental break down lmfao help

@bevin1609 3 жыл бұрын

It’s weird how pearls are so expensive, because when you get down to it, they’re essentially just clam pimples.

@evanzheng5986 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the exact thing!

@ninawiersema4955 3 жыл бұрын

Wow

@ninawiersema4955 3 жыл бұрын

Big brain

@comiczulu5281 3 жыл бұрын

Yasssss

@argentiii7115 Жыл бұрын

I’d say more like clam cysts, or even scabs, but yea

@CassieLino 3 жыл бұрын

All these explanations as to why Marie Antoinette's pearl was worth so much and yet no one is saying because it was Marie freaking Antoinette's!

@autumnatic 2 жыл бұрын

They literally said historical significance was a big reason for that one. That's what that means, significant because it was hers.

@BobMcCoy 5 жыл бұрын

*My Bank Account: **_That's a lotta damage!_*

@isabellhernandez5382 5 жыл бұрын

dude you're everywhere!! do you ever get off KZfaq 😂😂

@user-ym1nf6el9m 5 жыл бұрын

I SAWED THIS WALLET IN HALF im not gone bois

@drewby.2178 5 жыл бұрын

CRITICAL HIT!!

@fabiomoura1820 5 жыл бұрын

Because you see things as a buyer, ask yourself how does a pearl producer see is Bank account?

@yemyearmii7231 4 жыл бұрын

Trying to buy a pearl for Lisa?

@lordadams5762 5 жыл бұрын

'World's largest' clam pearl found in Philippines, worth $130 million. The world's largest natural clam pearl may have been uncovered in the Philippines. The pearl, weighing 34 kilograms, was found by a fisherman 10 years ago in the sea off the coast of Palawan Island.

@Sugaiyo 5 жыл бұрын

So.... to get a natural pearl just take a clam and hope that there's a natural pearl inside.

@michelewong2966 5 жыл бұрын

didnt he keep it under his bed for a few years as well?

@jamesadams4648 5 жыл бұрын

@General Antiseptic Lol the solid blame it on the "white people" xD hahaha

@oppressormk2op547 4 жыл бұрын

@General Antiseptic gonna let you know Malcolm x denounced stuff about all white people being bad if I remember mostly because he was lied to by NOI also not just white people have done atrocities like the rape of nanjing also africans invented slavery they even sold them to white people.

@nsr5961 4 жыл бұрын

adam young X I have been to Palawan and that island is nothing but paradise I tell you. 😌

@VectorTheRobot 3 жыл бұрын

One day the oysters will be ripping out stones in our stomachs and wearing them as expensive necklaces

@harveyspecter1855 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@ruthie_rosario 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully by that time, we will be just like oysters in the way that we won’t be able to process pain due to a lack of a central nervous system, and won’t have any consciousness.

@johnwicked0723 3 жыл бұрын

Here in Palawan, Philippines.. there is also a distinction between a freshwater Pearl and marine/seawater pearl. The seawater pearl is more valuable than the other.

@hpieces 5 жыл бұрын

Yet cultured pearl jewelry from luxury brands like Mikimoto are very expensive BUT THEY ARE CULTURED NOT NATURAL

@vamsiss1 5 жыл бұрын

I suppose very expensive here means hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions, for natural pearls as opposed to tens of thousands of dollars for Mikimotos.

@blackcat6508 5 жыл бұрын

You are paying for the name/brand, just like all other high end (fashion) brands.

@angelitadavila118 5 жыл бұрын

Well Mikimoto is as stated basically the original cultured pearl maker they’ve been doing this for a WHILE and it’s essentially the birkin bag of pearl world. An exclusive symbol of Wealth and status

@KhaidirZaraaiemcee 5 жыл бұрын

Hence the Mikimoto crown worn by Catriona Gray is cultured hahahahahahahahhaa

@KhaidirZaraaiemcee 5 жыл бұрын

@Fat Earther God watch the video. It says that Mikimoto pearls are cultured.

@marisa-sq1rz 4 жыл бұрын

business insider: pearls are for the elite celebs and are very expensive vsco girls: hold my pearl necklace

@sweetiemsp8493 4 жыл бұрын

marisa eterno can you explain what vsco is..?

@marisa-sq1rz 4 жыл бұрын

Katza -Chan it’s a photography app, and a vsco girl is someone who dresses like people on the app

@sweetiemsp8493 4 жыл бұрын

marisa eterno oh ty

@kingtraviselgreat9836 4 жыл бұрын

Pearls taste like blood

@kingtraviselgreat9836 4 жыл бұрын

I ate one and my tooth was gone

@kookieismylife310 4 жыл бұрын

*natural pearls are hard to find their rare* Philippines: Not ours

@OnaLILYA 4 жыл бұрын

kookie ismylife lol

@user-rw9vj5jd8n 3 жыл бұрын

yep

@cameronlaviolette1248 3 жыл бұрын

They are easy to find on reserves too we used to go find them and give them away to elders

@lrv7658 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there was even a giant pearl that they found in palawan back then, but they sold it in a museum, the fisherman that found it kept it under his bed for years because he didn't know what it cost so he just kept it as a good luck charm

@guythatjustwanttosayhi8731 3 жыл бұрын

Ohh yeah there's 100 million dollars Perl

@tokioeee 4 жыл бұрын

Me: Okay I'll finally sleep I have school tmr 'Why are pearls so expensive' Me: Good question why are they-

@btsarmy1520 3 жыл бұрын

Aghhhhh same problem

@pollymuyt 3 жыл бұрын

Thank God internet didn’t exist on my school days! 😅😅

@i.mookkcauseimmjkiii6428 2 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

@dreamyguessblocker4254 5 жыл бұрын

nothing is actually worth that much. Society is what makes thinks valuable

@blackswanvante 5 жыл бұрын

Sam Reyes no shit

@kyeh8445 4 жыл бұрын

Well done Sherlock

@chelsey8737 4 жыл бұрын

And isn't that enough to cause an existential crisis

@feelslikebatman6091 4 жыл бұрын

@Fatima Saleh lol, rare?

@lisastan5652 4 жыл бұрын

@@feelslikebatman6091 do you see a natural pearl everyday? every year? every decade?

@beverleyroberts1025 5 жыл бұрын

I've just starting buying pearls and it's actually hard to tell the difference between a necklace that cost £800 and one that cost £20. Unless you had them side by side, the difference between good lower cost pearls and really expensive pearls is subtle and when you are wearing them no one else would be able to tell the difference. 😄

@a.katherinesuetterlin3028 3 жыл бұрын

As a jewelry maker, I would agree that it does take a trained eye to see that difference, which is why gemologists like the one in the video get paid the big money. I do find it interesting that pearls are considered "gems," though. As a crafter in general, and a would-be investor, I will have to research that. 🤔

@DogBrotherhood 2 жыл бұрын

But you would know.

@malchusaguirre3498 Жыл бұрын

im from the phil.i had pearl,pls contact me.

@disha_thakur12 3 жыл бұрын

I once went boating in a lake inside a bird sanctuary and there was a fisherman who offered to get us pearls. He casually took a dive and found 4-5 oysters in about 15mins or so but only 2 of them had pearls in it. One was black and the other was peach in color, this video makes me appreciate them so much😂

@artemisackerman6374 4 жыл бұрын

2 years ago i went to a beach and was collecting shells and a shell came into my hand along with seawater and it had a little pearl

@swegattyswooty9307 3 жыл бұрын

Mother earth showed you her 💕 love

@justanotherhuman8339 2 жыл бұрын

Sure

@mingminluftig9632 5 жыл бұрын

It’s like giving the oysters a canker sore ☹️ pearls are beautiful but ouch

@alexwang982 5 жыл бұрын

Chu Ming Min Luftig Oof

@JulieWallis1963 5 жыл бұрын

Chu Ming Min Luftig hahaha, oh do grow up! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

@mingminluftig9632 5 жыл бұрын

@@JulieWallis1963 why do I need to grow up?

@alexwang982 5 жыл бұрын

julie Wallis Calm down

@daisy5530 5 жыл бұрын

julie Wallis why don't you grow up and stop being an online troll.

@aqua-mina 4 жыл бұрын

How likely ALL those white pearls on her dress were REAL pearls?

@Namron9797 4 жыл бұрын

They were. It was Rihanna, not a drag queen.

@reggieferns 3 жыл бұрын

@@Namron9797 honestly I would expect a drag queen would be more aware of what they are wearing. Rihanna probably has a team of stylists and could not care less as long as it looks good.

@jenny-jd8te 2 жыл бұрын

@@Namron9797 lmao

@jimjam6598 2 жыл бұрын

They were real pearls, but cultured ones. No chance they're natural.

@AM-yd4bi 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve always preferred pearls over diamonds. While some like the sparkle of diamonds, I love the glow and lustre of pearls

@exoticlemonlover 3 жыл бұрын

When I was probably about 10 years old my family used to collect mussels from the jetty at the nearby beach for dinner. I was eating one of the mussels and I bit down on something hard. It was a half black and half white pearl which was really cool to me. I still remember this, but since then I have lost the pearl.

@n9nex19 4 жыл бұрын

I wish my blisters were as valuable as an oyster's

@oBringMeTheDiscoCake 4 жыл бұрын

wait a second, PEARLS ARE PIMPLES!!!!!!!

@Panda-24 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I had pearls instead of pimples. But that would more painful to live since people will make a grab for it.😅

@itsbreadie 3 жыл бұрын

We went swimming on a province beach once. We saw a local selling jewelries and my aunt bought me a beautiful bracelet with about 8 pearls for $2. I decided to wear it some years later and somebody saw it and bought it for $200.

@shriyabhattacharya1889 Жыл бұрын

Thank you insider business for sharing all of this with us. I am literally binge watching all the videos these are soooo informative. I have told about the videos to my friends thousands of time, I share to them

@JoshWitte 5 жыл бұрын

1:07 Disappointed that his name wasn't Tom Pearlman 😆

@JoshWitte 5 жыл бұрын

@@owens9571 Tom Seaman? 🤔

@madbug1965 5 жыл бұрын

Do women even want pearls anymore? I can't remember the last time I ever saw a woman wearing pearls.

@hrishnaveen1472 5 жыл бұрын

madbug1965 my mum wears purls she likes it more than Cartier

@AgentAO7 5 жыл бұрын

My mom, who is now 60 is the last woman I saw wearing one. I think her generation is the last one who is attracted to pearls.

@cillamoke 5 жыл бұрын

I love pearls

@krystalphan8871 5 жыл бұрын

in the beginning of the video

@portalkey5283 5 жыл бұрын

There are people who still like pearls.

@DaveWasHere112 2 жыл бұрын

Well I know that a single pearl can take years to form and then finding it is also near impossible because of predators. To find a natural pearl in the ocean is what gives it it’s true value

@chefmrfresh4874 4 жыл бұрын

I think you win at life if you’re able to reiterate this beautiful process at will w/o any assist (while wearing pearls)

@baleydee 5 жыл бұрын

You like my oyster scabs? Gee thanks, just bought em.

@lpsfairylightz6468 4 жыл бұрын

very underrated comment

@starcherry6814 5 жыл бұрын

Off topic I know, but what is Uma Thurman doing these days?

@mayazhussain 5 жыл бұрын

keeping both of her eyes from falling off

@ramonmiranda9512 5 жыл бұрын

Ayaz Hussain trying to kill Bill

@andresvega9199 5 жыл бұрын

Enjoying life with her newfound daughter.

@AgentAO7 5 жыл бұрын

Busy with the #MeToo movement..

@portalkey5283 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was wondering about her too.

@TheTechAdmin 2 жыл бұрын

Can you take a pearl from one type of oyster, and put it into another, and grow layers of different colors, from different oysters?

@H-productions 2 жыл бұрын

Big like for the presentation and animation ..hats off to the editor and the creator 👍🏻🙏🏻🔥

@campbellsoup8798 5 жыл бұрын

Why are pearls so expensive? Same reason why AirPods are: Great marketing

@Namron9797 4 жыл бұрын

Congrats on finding 41 people as basic and stupid as yourself. Next time, maybe watch the video you are commenting on cause they explain why. Also, take a basic adult course in marketing. You'll learn more words other than marketing, like supply and demand that explain that you can market the shit out of something and if no one wants it, it will do nothing.

@JasYeets 4 жыл бұрын

Lol yess

@VolcaronaMain 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe its because they are rare? Idk chief

@OoblyDoobly 3 жыл бұрын

Jimmmm

@SpazKoopa 5 жыл бұрын

"Why aren't millennial buying pearls?"

@futbolita89742 5 жыл бұрын

Too busy listening to rap music and buying hypebeast clothing

@hackhenk 5 жыл бұрын

Ahh, hypebeast. The pearl of the 21st century...

@cupcakeangel365 5 жыл бұрын

They are too expensive. Student loan debt is preventing many from buying luxury goods (USA perspective). Unless they receive it as a gift from someone....

@bmona7550 5 жыл бұрын

@@cupcakeangel365 Why can't people my age be original rather than blindly follow a trend?

@ledymeghaghynandini5490 5 жыл бұрын

@@futbolita89742 So nithking......

@markxian4585 3 жыл бұрын

Here in the Philippines, you can literally farm pearls and just need a little bit of skill to do that.

@joslin4384 2 жыл бұрын

Isnt it cultured pearls, like what was said in the video? Is there another technique to farm them?

@KarylYT 4 жыл бұрын

You know that its time to sleep when your in this side of the youtube

@canyounot2102 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha 😂

@n25783 2 жыл бұрын

Jokes on you I'm actually into this shit

@Aden-xb3my 5 жыл бұрын

Has anyone realized that on the so expensive title screen there is this random trigonometry equations that is not even related to money??

@annette_lu 5 жыл бұрын

Not just trig but a lot of other math too lol

@everytimesthefirsttime 5 жыл бұрын

The makers clearly dont know much about math 😂

@niceshot4563 5 жыл бұрын

I grew up on an island eating oysters very regularly, at least 6 dozen a month amongst my family. I found pearls inside 1 oyster in my entire lifetime, and in that oyster were 13 pearls.

@tiffanyg5044 5 жыл бұрын

OMG! Did you make a lot of money off of them?

@niceshot4563 5 жыл бұрын

@@tiffanyg5044 I never sold them. I want to keep them since they're such a rare find!

@brandonmeraz2440 5 жыл бұрын

That's awesome man you should find out how much their worth

@niceshot4563 5 жыл бұрын

@@brandonmeraz2440 I wouldn't even know where to bring them.

@aryasaryas124 3 жыл бұрын

hey can you do a video on why life is so expensive? I am unable to find anything, please help.

@happy-lucky 2 жыл бұрын

This comment made my day 🤣

@rainbowcatcandycrewmateela5369 3 жыл бұрын

Pearls are one of my favorite things in the world.

@aresmurphy436 5 жыл бұрын

Kdrama Addicts joined the chat “It’s a mermaid tear”

@Victor-kt6qn 5 жыл бұрын

Damn I should really be doing something productive with my time

@Jane-qh2yd 5 жыл бұрын

wanna go rob a bank?

@hannahlee1280 4 жыл бұрын

Me Troll Lmao

@Liuhuayue 4 жыл бұрын

Produce some pearls.

@katerina13aar Жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly, the luster, after purchase and for more long-term usage, is also influenced by how much you wear it. Pearls shouldn't be tucked away in a jewellery box for months or years at a time, they grow duller that way. They actually maintain their luster when they rub against your own skin.

@paolosanchez5503 4 жыл бұрын

The Diamond authority wants to know your location. You have so many pearls with no owner.

@ellementia 4 жыл бұрын

500 subscribers with no videos yes-

@giovelascomusic 3 жыл бұрын

YESSS I FOUND IT

@user-gq5qo4qk2w 3 жыл бұрын

Lol steven universe

@yhampeewin7577 2 жыл бұрын

I have a south sea pearl size 20mm

@alofii6106 2 жыл бұрын

imagine if Pink Diamond had like thousands of pearls and we didn't know

@alexbui91 5 жыл бұрын

You should make it a series called so cheap

@kyriakospan6947 4 жыл бұрын

Today i learnt something new Pearls are classified as gems

@Woodpeckerslol 3 жыл бұрын

I actually visited a black Tahitian pearl farm four years ago and it was a really cool experience, we got some cheep one pearl necklaces, my dad still wears his pearl charm on his necklace every day and my sister wears her jewelry set every once in a while (read like at least twice a week, it has a pretty purple shine to it). It really was a wonderful experience, and I recommend going to french polynesia is you ever have the chance.

@viahorsfield5374 3 жыл бұрын

My mom found a pearl 20 years ago and still has it to this day 💜

@ysabelleubaldo1459 5 жыл бұрын

in palawan they sell perls for less than a dollor

@sereensamaraii8032 3 жыл бұрын

Real or fake?

@mchessacatulong 3 жыл бұрын

Ikr?!?! Even In Davao

@mchessacatulong 3 жыл бұрын

@@sereensamaraii8032 real stuff

@Dubstepshots 5 жыл бұрын

I read the title in my head as "why pearls are so expensive *whisper (so expensive)"

@yaahyaahyahh 4 жыл бұрын

Dubstepshots Brick?

@Iuwl 3 жыл бұрын

I remember visiting a pearl factory in China. They use a plastic(?) half-sphere and they just glue these two half together to form a beautiful sphere

@anonimowelwiatko9811 3 жыл бұрын

This channel is a gold mine!

@travisbrontide4524 5 жыл бұрын

Ive found a small natural pearl before whall eating oysters

@jocelyn6247 5 жыл бұрын

Cool

@CutieRingoJoy 5 жыл бұрын

Keep it

@NewbyTon 5 жыл бұрын

That's because *_WE ARE THE CRYSTAL GEMS_*

@andreafraustoz 5 жыл бұрын

Pearl is a natural pearl because she has layers

@boksquare 5 жыл бұрын

@@andreafraustoz she's definitely thick in the head that's for sure

@aratakiitto4568 5 жыл бұрын

They Form in *SAIT*

@camerontaylor7471 5 жыл бұрын

We are the oysters!

@camerontaylor7471 5 жыл бұрын

Pearls are symbolic of the beginnings of human culture, which is the beginning of human slavery, and the interference of groups like ‘the Illuminati’ and ‘the Freemasons’ traveling around the world with there treasure chest filled with books of holy scriptures from the original bloodline from ancient Egypt on how to manipulate and control(culture) the bodies of man into a moldable carbon copy shell to be used for commercial exploitation. Very much like an oyster. It all starts with TRAUMA! The oyster was the beginnings of MKULTRA trauma based mind control. Which has now been systematized into everyone citizen of a first world nation. Including you and me!

@madhur8817 3 жыл бұрын

"CARDI-B WAS BASICALLY DRESSED LIKE AN OYSTER" XD

@lindseygustafson9407 3 жыл бұрын

One time, I was eating an oyster in Florida on a trip. I bit down on something hard, I kept trying to bite it thinking it was just a hard edible substance in the oyster but I looked at it because I couldn't bit down on it. It was a very small pearl about the size of a bead, sadly, I lost it and I don't know where it is now but I was really surprised by that.

@urboyseth5922 5 жыл бұрын

My grandma has a pearl necklace, real pearls. It's beautiful.

@Maggie-iv3nj 5 жыл бұрын

In many coastal cities along China you can buy a seashell with pearls for only $20. There are usually about 15-30 pearls in one shell

@patricklo1514 5 жыл бұрын

cultural pearls

@roseroy5041 3 жыл бұрын

I got a few tiny pearl from mussels I was eating. For a long time me and my famaly thought the chrunch was cause by a grain of sand until I manage to not break the hard piece and take it out of my mouth that we realise you could found pearl in them. I try to be more careful now but I still feel some crunch from time to time

@keabmcdreamy6347 4 жыл бұрын

"Think about the layers of an onion" Me: *immediately thinks of Shrek*

@malenotyalc 5 жыл бұрын

The best way to clean pearls is to let them soak in a bowl full of vinegar overnight! jk it will dissolve them.

@zeusmonroe3793 5 жыл бұрын

No way for real ???? Ima look it up now 😁

@VeggieBond 5 жыл бұрын

Zeus Monroe did u look it up?

@zeusmonroe3793 5 жыл бұрын

@@VeggieBond yes I did looked it up, and it took a littel longer that what I tought it would but it did.

@malenotyalc 5 жыл бұрын

The more concentrated the vinegar (% of Acid volume/water volume), the quicker it will dissolve the pearl.

@ohwow6640 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Cleopatra 😁

@TheDeadGachatuber 5 жыл бұрын

It basically sounds like servents being sold at a high price

@dryknives 5 жыл бұрын

@@owens9571 steven universe

@matteaknowles7163 5 жыл бұрын

😂nice one Oh the poor poor gems

@camerontaylor7471 5 жыл бұрын

The Dead Gachatuber exactly! The oyster is only a mirror to our own human existence. Just like all of nature. A symbol for the elite masters to posses and war-ship as a guide on how to maintain power and control over there subjects. Like an ancient form of black magic/sorcery or voodoo the precious metals contain the trauma of the soul of the victim which is a super natural link to the victims children through cosmic energy, those children are US!

@dahlia_moon1475 4 жыл бұрын

My god it does

@asher-360 4 жыл бұрын

@@camerontaylor7471 It's a steven universe reference

@frios6927 3 жыл бұрын

Nice doc short and weet,good one

@idino924 2 жыл бұрын

I remember being a child playing on the beach, and I found 2 pearls inside an oyster. One was black and the other one was dark red. I thought it was some kind of animal and threw it back at the sea. When I told my grandma, she almost cried a lil bit.

@RedRedux 5 жыл бұрын

I just made a cultured pearl necklace for five bucks. You guys are getting super ripped off.

@shinatsuki8957 5 жыл бұрын

Sold them for only 5? Seems like you got ripped off

@RedRedux 5 жыл бұрын

@@shinatsuki8957 god no, they sell for 35 hand strung with silver findings

@shinatsuki8957 5 жыл бұрын

@@RedRedux sorry i probablt misunderstood

@seiyuokamihimura5082 5 жыл бұрын

I've made a 50 foot strand for about 20. No idea why, I was just bored and my grandmother bought a ton for some reason.

@phuongnguyen-yd3bn 5 жыл бұрын

Cmac 99% pearl in the world market now came from China. So maybe they have some offer for bad quality pearl. I got a pearl in a very ugly shape but about 20 mm in a Chinatown shop for $20. That pearl weight lighter than one mikimoto akoya pearl at 6-7mm. The high quality has standard itself.

@Faisal-by1vx 5 жыл бұрын

love ur why so expensive series !

@KathleenMayTSurla-zx9ft 3 жыл бұрын

I Love Pearls so Classic And it will never go out of style.

@grantgee2842 3 жыл бұрын

Great intro! Got me locked in.

@azaliachanlatte1593 5 жыл бұрын

nobody: not a single soul: me at 1 am:

@ahmadnajmiroslan 5 жыл бұрын

Disclaimer:No pearl were harmed in this video

@user-jc8yw8nl3y 5 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure about oysters though

@ahmadnajmiroslan 5 жыл бұрын

@@user-jc8yw8nl3y Ouh,forgot to mention

@Suzzers Жыл бұрын

I'm a pirates of the carribean fan and when the gemologist in this video said "the pearl" I immediately thought of the black pearl ship lol!

@thethirddaughter 3 жыл бұрын

Informative video 👍🏻

@sphinxrising1129 5 жыл бұрын

Actually, since pearls can now be manmade to a rather high quality, the value of pearls have dropped considerably, like diamonds & rubies.

@Friedchicke 2 жыл бұрын

No it went up. What are u saying

@andymartinez6732 4 жыл бұрын

Do an episode on graphing calculators!

@ninawiersema4955 3 жыл бұрын

We should appreciate this guy he has done a lot of researching just for us

@samtb3112 4 жыл бұрын

I paid 15$ for an oyster (with a pearl inside it) and there was a black pearl inside it...with a value of around 150$

@CanadaMaple 2 жыл бұрын

i n v e s t

@-4subscriberswithahammerad521 5 жыл бұрын

Soo...can I buy one in exchange for one of my kidneys?

@NewbyTon 5 жыл бұрын

How many kidneys do you have jeez

@mattyaqin7501 5 жыл бұрын

He can regenerate his kidney i guess.

@mayazhussain 5 жыл бұрын

why not you make stones in your kidneys???

@justicem4495 5 жыл бұрын

@@mayazhussain nice one

@flowerchildvoid 5 жыл бұрын

I have 10000000000 kidneys, all are not from me

@byrd3242 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe I'm crazy but I've always found mother of pearl inlay way more beautiful and intriguing than just straight up pearls. I find pearls rather boring and simple they're just a white milky sphere. And the one in the video, Marie Antoinette's pendant is even worse with it's weird shape. I get that the process of how they are formed makes them rare and unique, so obviously the value goes up but still I'll never understand why they're so desired. At least diamonds which have a similar reasoning can be beautiful sparkling masterpieces.

@alaskacosplay 3 жыл бұрын

I own one strand of pink almost peach colored pearls and they are more like an oval shape and I love them so much. I also own a lot of fake pearls since I cant really afford to buy real pearls all the time.

@anisaya584 4 жыл бұрын

omg the black pearls look so elegant

@zexttylol 5 жыл бұрын

There cool pearls are cool

@virtuallyjas 5 жыл бұрын

imagine growing a fortune of $ and ending up purchasing a $32 million dollar pearl that's going to collect dust in your home.

@moneyarr 5 жыл бұрын

Usually the people that spend that much on pearl are billionaires so that 32mil is nothing

@fLaMe98able 5 жыл бұрын

With the provenance and rarity of that pearl it will probably increase in value as time goes on

@ruzzelladrian907 4 жыл бұрын

I always thought gold and silver were better jewelry than diamonds, because they're actually useful hence their value, and not artificially inflated prices. But pearls are just so beautiful and rare.

@autumnatic 2 жыл бұрын

Diamonds are useful. They're an irreplaceable material in cutting tools.