Freshwater Potato Pearl Beads are shaped like a potato. They are more uniform in shape than Nugget Pearls. Most are drilled on the short dimension, but we also offer them drilled on the long dimension.
Sizes are provided as a range unless the strand is very uniform.
These potato pearls have a soft gold color accented with rose and pale green colored highlights. The potato shapes are rounded and it is common to see light banding around the center of the pearls.
These large Green potato pearls are fairly smooth and similar in size. Highlight are seen in shades of yellow, rose and lilac. Some luster variation and dye marks.
Larger rounded white potato pearls have some barrel shapes and many pearls with a slightly flattened end, as shown.
Quantity
Price
1 9
$7.80
10 49
$6.63
50 +
$5.46
Quantity:
How Many Potato Pearls on a Strand?
The numbers in this table are approximate and will vary between strands.
Pearl size (average)
How many Pearls on a Strand
4.5mm
89
5mm
80
5.5mm
73
6mm
67
6.5mm
61
7mm
57
7.5mm
53
8mm
50
8.5mm
47
9mm
44
10mm
40
11mm
36
12mm
33
13mm
31
14mm
28
Pearl buying tips:
Freshwater pearls are temporarily strung and sold by the strand. Strands are usually 15.5-16" long (40 cm).
Pearls are a natural product and some styles and colors will be available only in limited amounts. Though we try to buy pearls that can be re-stocked,
some styles may not be available again. So, we suggest you purchase all the strands that you need for a particular
project at the same time.
Our pearls are priced based on their overall quality. Higher priced pearls will be more consistent in color and shape
and have better luster. Small pearls also will be higher in price (more labor to
prepare the strands) as will very large pearls (more rare and they take longer to culture).
The freshwater pearls we sell at abeadstore.com and PearlBeadSale.com are all cultured pearls; for more information about the pearl culturing process
please see the
All About Pearls page on our wholesale website PearlBeadSale.com.
For more tips and information about selecting and buying Freshwater Pearls, please visit
Pearl Buying Tips. .