![]() The gold lipped varieties develop cream, champagne, vanilla and deeper golden pearls. Silver lipped generally produces pearls with white, silver, aqua and blue overtones. The colour of the pearl depends on the colour of the mother of pearl lining inside the shell of the Pinctada maxima oyster. ColourĪustralian South Sea pearls are famous the world over because of their exceptional lustre and creamy colours. ![]() South Sea White Pearls are very large round pearls. Tahiti now produces the most natural black pearls, but they are also grown in the Cook Islands and other islands in French Polynesia. Only 5% of black pearls produced have a perfectly round shape.Ringed or circled – bands around the pearl circumference.Semi- baroque – pear shaped, teardrop, oval or button.Shapeįive basic shapes are defined at production. Pearls over 16mm in size are rare and considered to be very large. Sizeīlack South Sea Pearls start at 7mm diameter. Tahiti and the Cook Islands produce the most rare, natural black pearls in lagoons in the South Pacific. ![]() ![]() Black pearls are very rare and should not be confused with artificially coloured pearls.īlack lipped oysters have a rainbow like mantle which exhibits many colours. Colourīlack South Sea Pearls occur naturally in a range of colours from grey to black. They are also referred to as Tahitian Pearls. South Sea Black Pearls are very large naturally black pearls. ![]()
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