4.025 Carat (4.47 Ratti) Golden South Sea Pearl – 8.1mm Round, AA Quality

A single golden South Sea pearl, weighing 4.025 carats (4.47 ratti) and measuring 8.1mm across. The pearl is fully round, which is the shape South Sea pearls are hardest to produce and the one most people want for a ring or a single-pearl pendant.

Pearl Information

Type of pearl = Golden South Sea (saltwater)
Colour = Golden, natural and undyed
Shape = Round
Size = 8.1mm
Weight = 4.025 carats (4.47 ratti / 0.805 grams)
Quality grade = AA
Drilling = Undrilled
Product code = LP-SSGD-081-RO-AA-0036

Natural Colour, Not Dyed

The gold in this pearl is its own. It comes from the gold-lipped Pinctada maxima oyster that grew it, and no dye or colour treatment has been used on it at any stage. This matters, because dyed golden pearls are common and look convincing in a photograph. A dyed pearl tends to sit at one flat, uniform shade, and the colour often gathers around the drill hole. A naturally golden pearl varies subtly across its surface and holds its colour for life.

Quality Grade

AA sits one step below our top grade. The lustre is bright and the body colour is even, with only minor natural surface marks that show on close inspection and are easy to position out of sight once the pearl is set.

Loose pearls are priced on their own carat weight and quality grade, which is why no two on this page work out the same. The weight above is the measured figure for this exact pearl.

What This Pearl Suits

This is an easy, wearable size. It suits a finger ring, a small pendant, or a matched pair of earrings if you pick up a second pearl of a similar weight and grade.

The pearl is supplied undrilled, with no hole of any kind. Your jeweller can half-drill it for a ring post or a pendant cap, or drill it through for stringing. Undrilled is also what most astrologers ask for when a pearl is worn for Moon remedies, since the stone is meant to reach you unpierced.

Weight in Ratti

Buyers who work in ratti rather than carats can read this pearl as 4.47 ratti. We convert at 1 ratti = 0.9 carat, so 4.025 carats divided by 0.9 gives 4.47 ratti. The carat weight is the measured figure and the ratti figure is derived from it.

Please Note

This is a loose pearl sold on its own. It is not set into any jewellery and no metal, chain or cap is included. Only one piece of this exact pearl exists, so once it sells it will not be restocked. Colour, lustre and surface character are natural to the pearl and can look slightly different from the photographs depending on your screen and the light you view it in.