only those from French Polynesia can officially produce the coveted Tahitian black pearl (see design from YOKO London shown below). The Pearl: Melo melo pearls are produced by the melo melo sea ...

The interior shell, called the nacre, of most oysters is usually a glossy white or silver but the Tahitian black-lipped oyster features a thick band of black. If the pearl forms near that band ...

Tahitian pearls come from the warm waters there and grow only in the black-lipped oyster, and they are the only pearl to achieve black body color naturally. A file photo of a Tahitian black pearl.

Really what you’re seeing is Vanilla Shake, Tahitian Pearl ... black in a melding of the practical and the aesthetically pleasing: Dinged fenders could be easily and cheaply painted with asphalt ...

which is why I headed to the Robert Wan Pearl Museum in Tahiti's capital, Papeete, on the first day of my trip. That's where I discovered the terms "black pearls" and "Tahitian pearls," which are ...

Almost as surprising would be to discover the real thing, a genuine, deeply lustrous Tahitian black pearl - wild, natural and uncultured. But that is exactly what happened to Tim Pollard.

Named after a Tahitian black pearl, the yacht carries out a lighthearted pirate theme while proving to be more comfortable than the fictional boat of the same name in Pirates of the Caribbean.