Released on: August 13, 2008, 11:40 pm

Press Release Author: Shecy Pearl Jewelry

Industry: Marketing

Press Release Summary: Tahitian Pearls are cultured in French Polynesia. Because of
its natural black color, they are also called black pearls. Tahitian Pearls are very
valuable due to the level of complication involved in their production. Because the
"right black" color is not always smoothly obtained, some of them need to be dyed to
be "right". The value of dyed black pearls is much lower than the natural black
pearls. It is common for speculators to mix up dyed black pearls, even freshwater or
fake pearls, with natural black pearls.

Press Release Body: Tahitian Pearls are cultured in French Polynesia. Because of its
natural black color, they are also called black pearls. Tahitian Pearls are very
valuable due to the level of complication involved in their production. Because the
"right black" color is not always smoothly obtained, some of them need to be dyed to
be "right". The value of dyed black pearls is much lower than the natural black
pearls. It is common for speculators to mix up dyed black pearls, even freshwater or
fake pearls, with natural black pearls.

Here are some tips for how to differentiate natural or dyed black pearls.
Color
The natural colors of Tahitian Pearls are from grey to black, such as green, blue,
lavender, brown and so on. All natural color pearls have overtones. If you roll a
Tahitian Pearl, you will see an overtone circle above its surface. The overtones of
Tahitian Pearls are mostly purple, pink, violet, blue, and so on. Tahitian Pearls
tend to not only have one single color of overtone. The multi-overtone is called
"rainbow" or "peacock". Overtones vary between individual pearls. The dyed black
pearls tend to not have other colors of overtone but black. If the color around the
pearl hole or blemish area is darker than the body color, then it is a dyed pearl.

Size
The average size of Tahitian Pearls is 12 mm. It is normal to see size over 13mm.
The smallest Tahitian Pearls are around 8mm. Black pearls smaller than 8mm are
mostly artificially colored.

Shape
Tahitian Pearls are classified into round, semi-round, pear, oval, baroque and
circle. The perfect round black pearls are extremely rare and valuable. It is less
likely to find them displayed in an ordinary counter at a jewelry store; otherwise
they are not the natural color.

Price
Tahitian Pearls are defined as the most valuable pearl type. It belongs to South Sea
Pearls. It is impossible to find natural color Tahitian Pearl jewelry at a low
price. The lowest price for an 8mm natural color Tahitian Pearl is not less than
$100.

It is suggested that purchasing pearl jewelry from a reliable jeweler may save time
and effort on checking the quality.


Web Site: http://www.shecypearljewelry.com/

Contact Details: Shecy Pearls is a leading pearl jewelry supplier in China since
1994. We have the biggest pearl jewelry store in Guilin and a huge store on the high
street in Shanghai city center. Since 2006 we\'ve provided online shopping and
customer service on www.shecypearljewelry.com.