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Please note
that Black Moon Pearls is owned and operated by Pearl
Oasis.
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Black
Pearl Types
Tahitian
Black Pearls (also called South Sea Black pearls) are grown in the waters
of French Polynesia and the Cook Islands. They are saltwater pearls from
the Pinctada
Margaritifera or black-lipped oyster and can range from gray to
black with red, green or blue overtones. This oyster also is found in,
Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, New Caledonia, the Philippines, Hawaii, Panama, and
the Gulf of Mexico. An adult Pinctada Margaritifera oyster can
reach a diameter of 30 centimeters, with weight exceeding 5 kilograms
(about 1 foot in diameter and over 10 pounds). Rare specimens as large
as 9 kilograms (over 19 pounds), in fact, have been harvested. It takes
about two years before the oyster is ready for harvesting. Only about
30 percent of the oysters cultured produce a pearl.
G.I.E.
Perles de Tahiti
is the Tahiti-located official promotional organization for Tahitian black
pearls. This site is loaded with information.
An adult Pinctada Margaritifera oyster
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