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Pearls are one of the precious gemstones that have fascinated humankind for thousands of years. Pearls are naturally beautiful substance but require precision cutting to make them perfect and blemish free. The pearls are cut and shaped to make them smooth and eligible for using in the jewelry items. Cutting and polishing the pearls make the best faceted pearls. The best examples of faceted pearl are the loose white and pink Chinese Freshwater Pearls, the black Tahitian faceted cultured pearls and the beautiful golden south sea pearls.

Pearls are used since thousand of years. They were used by men as whole, cut in half and drilled and even ground up for eating purposes. The culture of faceted pearls emerged in the year 1998. Faceting a pearls rubs out its blemishes and gives the pearls a beautiful glow. Top qualities of pearl are recognized by certain important factor like the color of the pearl bead, luster and the nacre thickness. However, there are many merchants who against the faceting of the pearls. These people feel that this tradition needs to be broken and argue that the faceting of the pearls is disrespectful to the Nature. Some traders feel that there should be something unique and unusual about the treatment done to the pearls to make them more precious.

Generally, when pearls are devoid of blemishes, have good color and are perfectly shaped, not many people take it as a good option to facet a pearl. The Japanese Akoya Pearls are the only exception as other than that all the other varieties of pearl do benefit from the faceting. Therefore, there is a gradual increase in the number of merchants favoring faceted pearls.