Using a rainbow as a pathway, Oro the god of Love........

.……traveled from heaven to earth to find a mortal wife, as he descended bits of color fell from the rainbow, mixed with the moonlight and fell into the lagoon as Tahitian Pearls. a Polynesian Tale.

As it turns out, Tahitian Black Pearls, are not from Tahiti, not Black, and they don't come from a rainbow.

And you know what? Who cares? These romantic ideas don't change the true beauty of the Pearl Tahitian.

Bottom line? They are the most beautiful of all the pearls. Grander because of size and dramatic because of their looks. Tahitian Pearls, from French Polynesia, have adjectives like, peacock, aubergine (purple like an eggplant) Pistachio.........never just "Black Pearls". Tahitian Black Pearl Jewelry