During the 19th century in Europe, especially British markets, creating a huge demand for luxury goods made from "Mother of Pearl." Mother of pearl refers to the nacreous layer of oyster shells on the inside. Nacre is a substance used by the shell to form a pearl. Mother of pearl is used for jewelry, buttons, inlay, and carved pieces to play even for the aristocracy in England and Europe.
Only one open oyster 15000-20000 is 'natural' pearl. Scarcity of natural pearls and beauty has been revered as the "Queen of Pearls." Used in the jewelry empire in the world. The most famous of the natural black pearl is called "Azurai" This is the essence of a necklace, which is part of the crown jewels of Russia.
Unfortunately, the demand was so great that all the black-lipped oyster population can be accessed very low. Divers must dive deeper and deeper to find the shells, until finally he left a few oysters, so that trade cannot continue.
Today, thanks to decades of careful work from producers Polynesia, pearl enough that we can make into necklaces, earrings and pendants.
Tahitian black pearls have become very popular in recent years. It seems green and black colours often take the role of a particular colour. See a black Tahitian pearl jewelry.
Tahitian pearls come from the Pinctada margaritifera, black lip shell dark oyster. This kind of mollusk suggestions for an impressive natural black colour of the pearls they produce. Although described as Black Pearls, Tahitian pearls actually come in many colours from black to silver and even gold body dark. Do not be confused these pearls with their cousins, South Sea pearl. Pearls SOUTH SEA was formed by the Pinctada maxima, commonly called silver or gold-lip oyster. Colours ranging from white, gold and pink. Black-lip oyster original with the beautiful lagoons of French Polynesia, Fiji, Samoa and Cook Islands atolls. Oddly, despite its name, pearls are not really in the waters of the island of Tahiti itself. But Tahiti is still the main commercial centre of the natural black pearl.
