Sunday, March 3, 2019

Cultured Tahitian pearls

Story image for tahitian pearls from Daily Mail

From princesses to pop stars, why we've taken a shine to PEARLS

Daily Mail-Jul. 25, 2018
Legend says Queen Cleopatra dissolved a giant pearl in a glass of wine ... Sea pearl; and Pinctada margaritifera, large black Tahitian pearls.
Story image for tahitian pearls from Robb Report

8 Stylish Pearl Designs That Are Anything but Stuffy

Robb Report-Dec. 9, 2018
Whether you choose the baroque Tahitian or the snow-white South Sea pearls, just make sure to tell the gift's recipient that they too are a ...
Story image for tahitian pearls from Christie's

Collecting guide: Cultured and natural pearls

Christie's-Feb. 3, 2016
'A pearl's colour is essentially determined by the type of oyster in which it is produced. Cultured Tahitian pearls, for example, are formed from the Pinctada ...



Pearls are formed when a piece of sand or other irritant finds its way into an oyster. The oyster begins to secrete a smooth hard crystalline substance called ...
The legendary Tahitian pearls of the South Pacific are most frequently found over a wide area, stretching from the Cook Islands, eastward through Tahiti to the ...
Tahitian Pearls Defined Tahitian pearls are bead-nucleated pearls grown in the gonad of the Pinctada margaritifera mollusk in French Polynesia. Tahitian Pearls ...

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