Pearls

Freshwater Pearls

Cultured Pearls

The forming of a pearl starts by inserting a small (1mm x 1mm) piece of mantle tissue from the inner lining of a donor mussel into the harvesting mussel. The piece causes irritation to the mussel, which responds by slowly surrounding the piece with it's Nacre (the Mother of Pearls) until it becomes a pearl. It can take several months up to years before high quality pearls are fully formed.

During the pearl formation the mussels are protected in underwater pearl farms in freshwater lakes. When mussels have completed forming the pearls with it's nacre, the pearls are harvested by hand and selected by size, shape, quality, luster and color. 98% of these pearls are not perfectly round. The majority of freshwater pearls are oval and button shaped, and so are the pearls that we offer. We only use the best pearls selected by their high quality and luster.

Real Pearls

The colors of pearls we offer in our Pearl Jewelry are shades of white, pink, and purple. The beautiful color of the pearls is natural. None of the pearls we offer are dyed or colored. Pearls of the same color are used together in jewelry pieces to match each other.

Freshwater Pearls are 100% Pure. The piece that was inserted into the mussel, was a piece of pearl material from a mussel's inner shell lining, which was then surrounded by the mussel with the same pearl material (nacre). Therefore there is no other material (shell bead nucleus) at its center; it is a 100% Pure Pearl.

Payment Methods

All Payments and Money-Back Refunds in our online store are 100% Secure and are always processed with SSL encryption by Trusted Payment Providers. You may pay at Pure Gems using any of our International Payment Methods:

PayPal, Visa, Maestro, Mastercard, Amex, Klarna Pay Later, Klarna Pay Now/SOFORT, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Or you can pay with Klarna Rechnung, GiroPay (Germany), iDeal (The Netherlands), Bankcontact (Belgium) and Postepay (Italy). 

Klarna Pay Later

It is possible to use Klarna Pay Later if you live in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Belgium, France or Finland. This way you only pay up till 14 or 30 days after you received delivery of your order.

In Germany this payment method is called: Klarna Rechnung. In The Netherlands it is called: Klarna Betaal Later. To use Klarna Pay Later, select Klarna Pay Later at checkout and follow the steps. For the instant payment method Klarna Pay Now, you can select the option 'SOFORT Banking' at checkout. 

Secure Payments

All Payments are processed 100% securely with SSL Encryption through trusted payment providers. Credit card transactions are Securely processed though the trusted company Shopify Payments. Shopify Payments is PCI compliant, always provides payment data encryption and supports 3D Secure checkouts. 

Money-Back Guarantee

We offer 100 Day Full Money-Back Refunds on all Payments, on all Products and in all Countries. For more information, view our Refund Policy. Please let us know if you're missing your preferred payment method, and we will consider to enable it. Let us know if you have any question or issue concerning payments.  

✅ Free Delivery in Western Europe and Scandinavia

We offer Free Delivery to the following countries in Western Europe and Scandinavia: The Netherlands, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Luxembourg. 

✅ Fast Shipping: International Delivery Time Indications

🇩🇪 Germany: ~2-3 business days. 🇫🇷 France: ~2-4 business days.

🇳🇱 Netherlands: next day delivery. 🇧🇪 Belgium: ~1-2 business days.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom: ~2-4 business days. 🇳🇴 Norway: ~5-7 business days. 

🇸🇪 Sweden: ~2-5 business days. 🇫🇮 Finland: ~3-6 business days. 

🇨🇭Switzerland: ~3-5 business days. 🇦🇹 Austria: ~3-5 business days. 

🇩🇰 Denmark: ~2-3 business days. 🇪🇸 Spain: ~3-6 business days.

🇮🇹 Italy: ~2-5 business days. 🇵🇹 Portugal: ~3-5 business days.

🇪🇺 Rest of Europe: Ireland & Luxembourg: ~2-6 business days

🇺🇸 The United States of America: ~5-8 business days.

✅ Secure International Shipping with PostNL & DHL

We make sure every package is carefully packed and sealed in a strong and secure shipping box. We send our packages with PostNL and DHL or DPD. For international shipments PostNL works together with one of the local shipping companies in your country. DHL and DPD have their own networks.  

✅ 100 Day Returns with Money-Back Guarantee

We offer 100 Day Returns with Money-Back Guarantee in the following countries in Western Europe and Scandinavia: The Netherlands, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Luxembourg. 

If you'd like to return something, please notify us within 100 days by chat or per email at info@puregems.eu and return the item(s) by parcel to our warehouse: Pure Gems, De Bosuil 328, 3815XW Amersfoort, The Netherlands. 

We offer Free Return labels for Customers in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Customers outside these countries are responsible return shipment costs. After receiving the returned product, we will initiate a quick full money-back refund within 1 - 3 days. For more information, view our Return Policy.

✅ Free Shipping to the United States of America (USA)

We offer Free Shipping to all States within the United States of America. Import fees, taxes and restrictions may apply. The 100 Day Return Period with Money-Back Guarantee does apply, no free return labels will be provided.

✅ More Delivery Information, Questions and Support

Outside of the European Union, Import fees, taxes and restrictions may apply to the delivery, in particular on shipments to the USA, UK, Switzerland and Norway. For more information you can view our Shipping Policy and our Refund Policy.

If you have any questions about Shipping, Returns or something else, email us at info@puregems.eu. If you prefer to call, please send us your phone number and the times you're available, and we will call you as soon as we can. We are looking forward to assist you with your request and are available 365 days per year.