The unpredictable waters of the South Pacific, Neptunes realm, have produced a precious wonder from nature. People have commonly called it the black pearl though Tahitian pearl is the right name if only to define its distinct and immense beauty. Songs and poems have been written and stories have been passed from generations to generations, all in praise of its unrivaled splendor.
The Tahitian pearl exemplifies the best of what the great Pacific Ocean can offer to the world. It is made into perfection from mere sand by the black-lipped oyster or the Pinctada Margaritifera. It is a product of the animate beings and the inanimate objects creative yet natural combination. Even with their conquest of several fields, humans have yet to accomplish what the black-lipped oyster did. The most they could do is to improve further the innate beauty of Tahitian pearl. With the jewelries that they make with it, they only paid the highest homage to the Tahitian pearl.
Others insist, though mistakenly, that Tahitian pearls are always black. The truth is the Tahitian pearl comes in different colors but are all just as fantastic. They can be silvery white, polished grey, in deep green, yellow, or purple but still naturally beautiful. With any hue or tinge, it never loses its appeal to many jewelers and royalties. Although it size is no different from other pearls, it is still worthy of the regal title. It is usually seven to eight millimeters.
If grouped together for a particular jewelry set, Tahitian pearls may look the same but they are all unique in every way. To search for genuinely similar pieces can only cause frustration. Every Tahitian pearl is exceptional like the mother-of-pearls they respectively come from, a bona fide treasure for its owners.
Like all other varieties of pearls, it may have some imperfections. It retains worthily the title as the queen, however, with its gleam, smoothness, and thickness of the nacre. These minor flaws cannot stain its over-all magnificence.
Many have hunted the black-lipped oysters mother-of-pearl to near-extinction for its shell, which, due to its size, is itself a treasure. Campaigns to protect and culture it have been launched especially in French Polynesia and other parts of the South Pacific. It is now the humans obligation to make certain that the next generations will marvel at the existence of the Tahitian pearl. Isn’t it great to know more about pearls ?
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