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Black pearl jewelry has become increasingly popular in the fashion industry. Women and men are drawn to the deep rich color and dramatic modern look of black pearls in contrast to the sophisticated pure image of classic traditional white pearls. Furthermore, this color gem accessorizes very well with any light colored attire, just as white pearls do with any dark colored attire.

Produced by black-lipped oysters found in the French Polynesian and Indian Oceans with an average pearl size of 8 to 17mm, it is the only pearl to naturally form a dark color. Black pearls (also referred to as Tahitian pearls) are not exclusively ebony and come in a variety of other dark tones that include: grey, dark blue, blue-green, and brown with overtones of green, red or purple. As a result, it is important for consumers to remember that this same name is used to describe both pitch-black and lighter pearls with darkish green, brown, or blue overtones. This particularly broad variation in one color is common and accepted in the pearl jewelry industry.

There is also a difference between saltwater and freshwater black pearl jewelry. Black pearls from the sea will have a deeper true sable color versus freshwater pearls that have more of a faded to light gray appearance. Also, saltwater pearls are typically more round and lustrous than freshwater, which is why they are much more expensive. In general, pearls that aremore round, larger, and have some overtones are more valued and in vogue; however, it is also unlikely that a woman would not be completely enchanted by a necklace, bracelet and earrings made with jet-black pearls.

When talking about the size of a pearl, you must talk about the variety of pearl as well. For example, size of a Chinese Freshwater Pearl is very different from size of a South Sea Pearl. The Freshwater Pearl is cultured using mantle-tissue nucleation; the South Sea Pearl is cultured using bead-nucleation. Mantle-tissue nucleation adds virtually nothing to the size of the pearl. Bead-nucleation is used to define the size of the pearl — the bigger the bead, the bigger the pearl.

In this article, I will use two bead-nucleated pearls to discuss the Size Value Factor, one of seven value factors to consider when purchasing pearls and pearl jewelry. Tahitian cultured pearls and South Sea cultured pearls are both cultured using bead-nucleation. In bead-nucleation, a bead made from a freshwater mussel shell is inserted into the oyster as part of the culturing process. Also common to these pearl culturing processes, only one pearl is grown at a time. If the oyster produces a healthy, marketable pearl, the oyster may be implanted again. The subsequent nucleus must be slightly larger — the size of the pearl just removed. So, the second generation pearl is larger.

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