These are the only pearls in the world that acquire their rich black color naturally.
Tahiti black pearls value.
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Tahitian pearls require no treatments to attain their dark iridescence.
Because black lip oysters can grow to be over a foot in diameter they tend to produce pearls that are very large and therefore very valuable.
Although often referred to as black pearls their colors range from gray to green and even aubergine.
The largest baroque 26 95mm can be seen in the musee de la perle in papeete.
The colors are completely natural.
But there are other amazing colors such as grey black lavender pink orange and other.
These are very sensitive oysters which makes their culturing process a hit and miss.
The size of tahiti black pearls is not the only quality factor but larger pearls are priced higher because they are very difficult to grow.
While often smaller than south sea pearls tahitian pearls can also grow quite large with average sizes ranging from 8 to 14 millimeters.
Selecting tahiti pearls for color.
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The largest black pearl diameter recorded was a superb 21mm.
Determining tahitian pearl value.
These exotic black pearls are the stuff of legend just the mention of black tahitian pearls conjures up thoughts of deep tropical waters swaying palm trees and good men gone mad in search of them below are three quick facts i think everybody should know before making the decision to purchase tahitian pearls.
As a result tahitian pearls are rare and expensive to produce.
Tahitian pearls 101.
All these factors work together to determine a tahitian pearl s value.
The size of the black pearls tahiti is expressed in millimeters and it generally varies in 8 and 14mm.
Although they are called black pearls tahiti pearls form with a wide range of predominant body colors.
Tahitian pearls are the unique organic gemstones cultured from the pinctada margaritifera oyster.
This coveted gem comes to us from the mollusk pinctada margaritifera in french polynesia.
Tahitian pearls come in an assortment of elegant pearl colors white being the most popular of them all.
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Buying guide dark colorful and mysterious tahitian pearls have been dazzling pearl lovers the world over for decades.
There are some exceptional cases where pearls can measure 16mm or even 18mm.
The rich dark color is precisely what adds to the value of tahitian pearls.
The first factor is pearl color.
Tahitian pearls are also a niche within the niche that is the pearl world and many newcomers to pearls don t know much about this pearl type.
Pearls exceeding 18mm are rated as a regardless of color.