Tahitian cultured pearls, or “Black” pearls are from French Polynesia. They range in color from silver to dark gray to bronze to green and even yellow. Tahitian cultured pearls also have a wide variety of color overtones ranging from green to pink/rose to ocean blue to platinum or peacock (the most valuable). Tahitian pearls range in size from 8mm to 18mm. However, black pearls that are larger than 13mm are very rare. The largest Tahitian pearl ever found was 25 mm in diameter.

The rarity of Tahitian cultured pearls is due primarily to the fact that growing larger pearls requires a great deal of time, during which many things can go wrong: the pearl may become misshapen or the oyster could die. Because of these risk factors, Tahitian cultured pearls tend to be among the most expensive, commanding very high prices for quality specimens.

All of our Tahitian cultured pearl jewelry comes gift boxed

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