Neat little Tahitian Pearl earrings and Necklace set All pearls are pear shaped and have a beautiful hue of classic Tahitian colour - grey steel with flashes of green, purple and brown/black The earrings are on an LMS silver ear wire and the pendant is hung from an 18" silver Spiga chain Tahitian Pearls are the only pearls that come in a full array of colours. Black Akoya Pearls, for example, are dyed. This is what makes Tahitian Pearls so special because the rainbow-like mantle of the Pinctada margaritifera has the ability to produce a rainbow of natural coloured pearls Pinctada margaritifera, commonly known as the black-lip pearl oyster, is a species of pearl oyster, a saltwater mollusk, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pteriidae. This species is common in the Indo-Pacific within tropical coral reefs Unique piece