Tahitian Pearls

Tahitian pearls, despite their name, are not actually from Tahiti. Tahiti serves as the main trading post for atolls that produce Tahitian pearls. Black-lip pearls are farmed in French Polynesia, the Cook Islands, the Micronesian Islands, and to some extent, in Japan, Thailand, and the Philippines. Tahitian pearls were once the rarest and most valuable…