Tahitian Brown Pearls

They might be gray black or brown and they can have blue green purple or pink overtones.

Tahitian brown pearls.

With white pearls conchiolin is usually colorless or beige in color. These saltwater cultured pearls sometimes referred to as black pearls have a wide color range. Button pearl earrings 9mm 175 00 add to cart. Tahitian cultured pearls cultivated primarily around the islands of french polynesia the most familiar of these is tahiti.

Tahitian pearl conchiolin takes on very dark pigments such as reddish brown brown grey and black. Natural color tahitian pearls are among the most popular cultured pearls in the marketplace today. Because this requires relatively expensive tahitian pearls as a starting point many companies now market dyed brown pearls. There are so naturally colored brown pearls but they are typically more expensive.

Rare rich natural brown tahitian pearls are available but exceptionally rare. The color of our chocolate tahitian pearls are obviously brown but the variations in the colors can range from an alluring tiger s eye gold all the way to deep dark espresso brown. It could be blue purple green brown silver but never a true black. These beautiful tones make for interesting new offerings of pearl strands as well as rings earrings and pendants.

Sky blue enamel flower pearl earrings 55 00 add to cart. Here s a simplified diagram of what these elements look like in action. When discussing the color of tahitian pearls or pearls in general the term black is used to describe pearls with dark body colors. Pearls colors necklace genuine tahitian cultured pearl round shaped 9 10 mm a quality 925 sterling silver women s jewellery 69 95 69.

In addition to the body color tahitian pearls can display an amazing range of overtones especially the circle and baroque shapes. Pearl sky blue quartz earrings 85 00 add to cart. Pearl garnet amethyst twist necklace 495 00 add to cart. Pearl jade necklace 225 00 select options.

This contributes to the pearl s trademark dove grey to dark charcoal grey primary colors. Most of the more affordable chocolate pearls in the market are dyed. Brown and gold pearls large hole round irregular 11mm to 14mm tahitian like freshwater pearls for leather gold pearls alteredartsupply from shop alteredartsupply. Harvested in french polynesia these exquisite jewels of the sea come to us from the black lip variety of pinctada margaritifera oyster.

Chocolate pearls are tahitian cultured pearls bleached to a uniform brown color.