Learn About Tahitian Pearls - as part of the Wedding series by GeoBeats.

Tahitian pearls are generally considered to be very exotic. They are the only naturally occurring black pearls. they are absolutely beautiful. They come in a variety of rainbow colors, not just black. So they are black, peacock, gray, blue and green. However black and peacock are generally the most favorite colors, the most preferred.

The general sizes tend to range from about 8 to 18mm and popular sizes are about 8mm to 11mm. The common shape sizes of Tahitian pearls are round, nearly round, baroque, drop and oval, and the most popular ones are round. An idea of the price range - the earrings would be about a 100 dollars on average. You would be looking at about 800 dollars for a baroque pearl necklace and about 300 dollars for a round pearl necklace for Tahitian pearls.