| Pearl jewelry is a traditional staple in any woman's | | | | produced by a black-lipped oyster found only in this |
| closet. With new designs and contemporary updates | | | | area. They range from a gray to black in color with a |
| to pearl production, pearls are today making a big | | | | rainbow iridescence, and the color is natural. These |
| comeback in popular fashion. Today, you can find a | | | | pearls are exclusive due to their unusual shades of |
| huge variety of pearl jewelry incorporating classic | | | | color, they can be seen a silvery gray, a deep |
| white pearls, gorgeous muted colors, silver or gold, | | | | gunmetal gray or a green so dark that it appears |
| chocolate, and even black pearls. A piece of pearl | | | | black. The coloring in the Tahitian black pearl, however, |
| jewelry makes a fabulous gift ideal for women of any | | | | is often not even all the way through. The pearl can be |
| age and for any special occasion. You will find pearl | | | | dark at one side, and much paler on the other. The |
| jewelry gift options right for virtually any taste or | | | | most rare and expensive variety is the deepest black |
| individual style. | | | | with an iridescent peacock green luster. Tahitian black |
| Black pearls can be extremely exotic and luxurious; | | | | pearls are hardly ever less than 8mm in size and they |
| they are not as traditional as the creamy white version | | | | are rarely perfectly round. Irregular and "baroque" |
| but can look very attractive. They are getting more | | | | shapes tend to be typical. |
| popular on account of their scarcity. The black pearl | | | | If you are searching for a special pearl necklace, have |
| can be cultured in freshwater or they can come from | | | | you thought to go with a chocolate pearl necklace? |
| saltwater. The most well known variety of black pearls | | | | Brown is a color that looks good with practically any |
| is the Tahitian pearls. Cultured black pearls come in | | | | skin tone and a strand of cultured chocolate pearls |
| quite a few shade, sizes and grades. Top quality is | | | | grants a stylish but vibrant look to the wearer. |
| rare and the most highly-priced and sought after. They | | | | Chocolate Tahitian pearl necklaces can be found in a |
| will also be scored for their size, uniformity of shape, | | | | variety of designs and lengths from a simple strand to |
| luster and consistency. There are many colors and | | | | multiple strands. Both freshwater and saltwater pearls |
| varieties of pearls and they can come in different | | | | are produced in shades of brown, but only Tahitians |
| shapes. Designer trends and varying times will require | | | | are sold undyed. These can be sold separately or as |
| individual designs but you can never get it wrong with | | | | part of a set of necklace with earrings and possibly a |
| an elegant single pearl necklace in any color such as | | | | bracelet. Chocolate pearls can be teamed with formal |
| white, cream, pink, gold, silver or black. | | | | and casual outfits and used to dress up even jeans |
| Tahitian black pearls are unusually large pearls | | | | and a shirt. |