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Akoya and freshwater pearls, necklaces, earrings, Ft. Pierce, FL
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Excerpted from the website:
- Exotic black pearls conjure up images of crystalline blue lagoons, sparkling white sandy beaches, wonderful tropical breezes and magnificent sun-soaked days, capturing the romance and allure of cultured Tahitian pearls. Tahitian black pearls are cultivated from the black-lipped variety of the pinctada margaritifera cumingi oyster which is native to French Polynesia. The giant black-lipped oyster can grow to a foot in diameter and weigh up to 11 pounds, therefore producing these beautiful large pearls. While most people think of Tahitian cultured pearls as black, they naturally occur in a range of colors including gray, green, purple and blue with a variety of overtones ranging from pink to purple to green to blue. Tahitian cultured pearls are often seen as more valuable than other cultured pearls due to their larger size and unusual colors, the remote location of Tahitian pearl farms, and the cost and difficulty of nurturing and maintaining the black-lipped oyster population. Not all Tahitian cultured pearls are black.
