The Tahitian Pearl

Part four – The beauty of the black Tahitian pearls
The beauty of pearls. The luster, smoothness and roundness of Tahitian pearls. The luxury….The Tahitian pearl named after the island of Tahiti. The pearls are cultivated around the island of Tahiti and The French Polynesian Islands.

Tahitian pearls are produced in the black-lipped oyster Pinctada margaritifera. The oysters are quite large which will explain why their pearls are usually big. The Tahitian pearls are unique because of their dark colors, which makes it interesting when you hear the phrase Black Tahitian pearl; most of the black pearls are not actually black. While there is black Tahitian pearls, it is extremely rare.

The quality of a Tahitian pearl are determined by six factors – size, color, nacre, luster, smoothness and shape. Of course the bigger, the thicker the nacre, the smoother, the more expensive the pearl will be.

Myth
According to Polynesian mythology, Oro the god of war created the pearl and gave it the colors of the rainbow, in the hopes to present it to a beautiful maiden that he wanted to marry.