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Black Pearls - Natural dark color (not dyed) from the black-lip (Pinctada margaritifera) oyster in the Western to Central Pacific Ocean or from the La Paz pearl oyster (Pinctada mazatlanica) or rainbow-lipped oyster (Pteria sterna) in the Eastern Pacific between Baja California and Peru. Some people use the term "black pearl" to refer to any dark colored pearl, dyed cultured pearl or natural color pearl.
See black pearls at http://www.pearlhours.com/search.php?color=Black
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∙ 10y agoThey used to be only found in the South Pacific, especially in Polynesian lagoons and in French Polynesian waters, but now discoveries have been made in Tahiti and in the Cook Islands.
They are cultured from the oyster Pinctada Margaritifera, the black lipped oyster, from which they get their name. Black pearls are found only in one every ten thousand mollusks.
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