Pearls

8 July 2024

Pearls

This area and Mangareva in particular is famous for its black pearls. There are pearl farms all over the bay. The perfectly round and beautiful pearls are very expensive. But you can grow the oysters, you cannot make them make beautiful round and perfect pearls. The pearls with abnormal shape or imperfections are worth very little. Still, you feel rich when you sprinkle such a handful of pearls on the table…