Tahitian Pearl Shell
£15.50
Lose yourself for minutes at a time gazing at the colours of these Tahitian Shells. Pinctada Margaritifera is native to the remote islands of French Polynesia where tiny islands and coral atolls peep shyly a metre or two above the waves of the Pacific Ocean. Oddly, Tahitian pearls are not grown in the waters off Tahiti itself though many of the farms have offices and warehouses there. Commercial cultured Tahitian pearls range in size from 5mm (rare) to 15mm (also rare) with 7mm to 9mm being the most usually to be found for sale. The limit on usual size is at least partly because the shells are commonly 7mm to 8mm. The pearl farmer dances between allowing a pearl and shell to grow larger and time – it takes around four years to grow a shell and its pearl from a larvae (called a spat) to harvesting.
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Lose yourself for minutes at a time gazing at the colours of these Tahitian Shells. Pinctada Margaritifera is native to the remote islands of French Polynesia where tiny islands and coral atolls peep shyly a metre or two above the waves of the Pacific Ocean. Oddly, Tahitian pearls are not grown in the waters off Tahiti itself though many of the farms have offices and warehouses there. Commercial cultured Tahitian pearls range in size from 5mm (rare) to 15mm (also rare) with 7mm to 9mm being the most usually to be found for sale. The limit on usual size is at least partly because the shells are commonly 7mm to 8mm. The pearl farmer dances between allowing a pearl and shell to grow larger and time – it takes around four years to grow a shell and its pearl from a larvae (called a spat) to harvesting.
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