Natural color Chocolate Tahitians

[Cees]

These are Fijian Pearl Dreams

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Ah, that explains it.

 

[pattye]

These Fiji browns are amazing, thank you so much, Cees!

 

[pattye]

These Fiji browns are amazing, thank you so much, Cees!

If you scroll to the bottom of these page you'll find links on the same topic, Chocolate Tahitians~as far back as 10 years ago.

 

[Jaye]

Beautiful Fijis, Cees. But do you have some brown TAHITIANS so we can see and compare?

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Beautiful Fijis, Cees. But do you have some brown TAHITIANS so we can see and compare?

It's moot. The oysters in both locations are Pinctada margaritifera but the subtype that is used in cultivating pearls in Fiji is typica, which has an orange lip instead of a black lip. However, the typica subtype oyster is also present in French Polynesia, just in smaller numbers. So if you get a Tahitian pearl (i.e. a pearl from FP) that is the color of Fijian pearls, it probably came from a typica oyster.
In other words, it's not the location-- it's the oyster.

The difference between Fijian pearl cultivation and Tahitian pearl cultivation is that in Fiji they focus on grafting the typica subtype oyster, with a specific goal of getting those earth tone colors.

See Jeremy's post here:
https://www.pearl-guide.com/forum/s...earls-are-they&p=193691&viewfull=1#post193691

I recommend this thread:
Fiji J Hunter pearls Savusavu

 

[Jaye]

Thank you PD
THat would explain why alot of Tahitians and Fijis look very similar sometimes.