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Black South Sea pearls, or Tahitian pearls come from the black-lip oyster; gold and silver South Sea pearls from the gold-lip and silver-lip oysters; and Akoya cultured pearls from Pinctada fucata martensii, the Akoya pearl oyster. Pearls are also obtained in commercial quantities from some species of the closely related winged oyster genus Pteria.
The cultured Tahitian pearl comes in various shapes, sizes, and colors; shapes include round, semi-round, button, circle, oval, teardrop, semi-baroque and baroque. [4] Because of their darker hues, Tahitian pearls are commonly known as "black pearls". [5] However, Tahitian pearls have the ability to contain various undertones and overtones of ...
Pinctada margaritifera produces South Sea pearls commonly referred to as Tahitian pearls or black pearls which in fact come in color hues including gray, platinum, charcoal, aubergine, and peacock. Currently south sea pearls are cultured primarily in Australia, Indonesia, Tahiti and now, the Philippines.
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Pinctada margaritifera, commonly known as the black-lip pearl oyster, is a species of pearl oyster, a saltwater mollusk, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pteriidae. This species is common in the Indo-Pacific within tropical coral reefs. The ability of P. margaritifera to produce pearls means that
[16] [17] [18] Today many "keshi" pearls are actually intentional, with post-harvest shells returned to the water to regenerate a pearl in the existing pearl sac. Tahitian pearls, frequently referred to as black pearls, [19] are highly valued because of their rarity; the culturing process for them dictates a smaller volume output and they can ...
Robert Wan, also known as Wan Fui Yin (born 1934) [1] is a French Polynesian pearl trader. Due to his importance to French Polynesia's pearl industry, he is known as the "emperor of pearls". [ 2 ] He particularly invested in the Gambier Islands, to produce black pearls that garnered international attention.
The Pearl Museum recounts the history of the pearl throughout the world, the fascination it aroused in important persons, the legends, the habits, and the technical sides of perliculture. Robert Wan 's private collection is on exhibit, featuring the largest Tahitian pearl in the world.