The Wide World of Pearls, Our 127th Issue: What Are Circled Pearls?
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"The Heart of Tahiti"
Tahitian pearls are the exotic "black pearls" that are the stuff of legend.
Just the mention of black Tahitian pearls, conjures up thoughts of deep tropical waters, swaying palm trees and good men gone mad in search of them ...
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Every day we receive questions from customers all over the world about pearls. We decided to post our answers here for every one to read!
What Are Circled Pearls?
Apart from their unusual and individual shapes, Circled pearls are particularly loved for their luster and overtones. But the nature of both these characteristics in Circled pearls differs slightly from their perfectly spherical siblings. The natural curves and ridges of these pearls provide multiple different planes and angles at which light refracts from their nacreous surface, which in turn increases the amount of light reflecting back to the viewer. As a result, Circled pearls appear glossy, radiant and very lustrous.
The organic shape of Circled Baroque pearls and their interaction with light also creates stunning, multicolored overtones on these pearls. This phenomenon can be compared to the way light reflects off the different facets of a brilliant-cut diamond, shimmering and breaking into bright shards of color. Baroque Tahitian pearls, especially Circled, are valued for their deep and rich overtone colors including green, gold, pink, blue, aubergine and the much-coveted peacock.
Circled Baroque Pearl Fast Facts:
Circled Baroque pearls are pearls that are Baroque but feature one or more circles on them. Usually they are very heavily circled.
Circled pearl necklaces were first promoted by Tiffany’s in the 1970s as “Circles of Love”. Tahitian pearl producers needed a way to create desire for these unusual pearls.
Circled baroques usually feature particularly high concentrations of color banding and luster.
Because Circled pearls are considered part of the Baroque pearl shape, Circled pearls also account for 40-50% of each pearl harvest.
Originally promoted with Tahitian pearls, Circled Baroque pearls can also be found in South Sea and Freshwater pearl types.
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Dark Tahitian Circled Baroque Pearl Necklace, 8.0-10.0mm - AA+ Quality
This stunning black pearl necklace features heavily Circled Baroque Tahitian pearls that shine with intense Blue-Green and Peacock overtones. This colorful and lustrous necklace is guaranteed to turn heads everywhere.
This Tahitian pearl necklace measures at 8.0mm in the back and graduates perfectly to a gorgeous 10.0mm centerpiece. All pieces in this black pearl necklace are AA+, with High Luster. The pearls will be individually double-knotted on matching black silk and finished with a 14K Gold clasp of your choice.
Each pearl purchase comes nestled in our signature Little Black Jewelry Box and is accompanied with a Certificate of Authenticity, detailed Pearl Care Instructions and Pearl Polishing Cloth.
