Tahitian Black Pearls
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 Tahitian black pearls, or black pearls, are indigenous to
the saltwater lagoons of Tahiti and French Polynesia ranging of colors
from black to gray.
Representing the interconnectedness of man and nature,
Tahitian black pearls are formed within the black-lipped Pinctada Margaritifera
species of pearl oysters and cultivated by Tahitian pearl farmers of the region
for up to two years. Man combines forces with nature in hopes to create a perfect
pearl right from the start.
Around the time Westerners first discovered Tahitian black pearls (1767), natural Tahitian pearls
had already earned
a reputation for being the "Queen of Pearls-" and most notably identified with royalty.
Catherine
the Great of Russia owned a strand of 30 Tahitian black pearls, the largest weighing as much as .14 ounces.
In Europe, pearls became a hot item reserved only for royalty through laws that forbade any citizen
to own or wear pearl jewelry!
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