{"id":51,"date":"2026-10-22T20:29:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pearl\/akoya-or-freshwater-how-to-tell-them-apart\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T20:29:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:29:52","slug":"akoya-or-freshwater-how-to-tell-them-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pearl\/akoya-or-freshwater-how-to-tell-them-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"Akoya or freshwater? How to tell them apart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Side by side in a case, a white Akoya strand and a white freshwater strand can look almost the same (sample note).<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look at the reflection first: Akoya pearls show sharp, mirror-like reflections, freshwater pearls a softer glow. Then roll the strand: Akoya pearls are rounder and more even in size.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Freshwater pearls are solid nacre and very hard-wearing, and they cost a fraction of the price. For a first strand worn every day, they are often the better choice.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lustre, shape and price: three things to look at when two white strands look the same (sample).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-choosing-pearls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pearl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pearl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pearl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pearl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pearl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pearl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pearl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pearl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pearl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.ltheme.com\/lt-pearl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}