{"id":428,"date":"2013-10-01T21:15:51","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T21:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/?p=428"},"modified":"2013-10-01T21:15:51","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T21:15:51","slug":"blue-tahitian-pearl-pretty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/pearlescence\/blue-tahitian-pearl-pretty\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Tahitian Pearl. So Pretty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still working through all the pearl stock I got in Hong Kong but one pearl stands out. I&#8217;m posting it here simply because a blue Tahitian pearl is so rare and so pretty.<br \/>\nI had to negotiate hard with the wholesaler to persuade him to break a large lot of pearls to sell just this one pearl but after nearly an hour of on and off work he caved and sold just the one pearl to me.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_430\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/blue-tahitian.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-430\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-430\" alt=\"Blue Tahitian pearl\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/blue-tahitian-300x291.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/blue-tahitian-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/blue-tahitian.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Tahitian pearl<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wholesalers don&#8217;t like to take specimen pearls ouf of lots because the value of the lot as a whole drops if you cherry pick the really good ones.<br \/>\nThis pearl is round to the eye but off round in fact (15.3mm by 14.3mm) and a delicious royal blue\/Microsoft blue. With a metallic lustre and only minute flaws, it&#8217;s a beauty and I&#8217;ve only ever seen one other Tahitian so blue &#8211; and 100% natural colour.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_429\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/single-blue-tahitian.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-429\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-429\" alt=\"Blue Tahitian pearl\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/single-blue-tahitian-300x288.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/single-blue-tahitian-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/single-blue-tahitian.jpg 506w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Tahitian pearl<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/blue-tahitian.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-430\" alt=\"blue tahitian\" src=\"http:\/\/www2.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/blue-tahitian-300x291.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/blue-tahitian-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pearlescence.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/blue-tahitian.jpg 387w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>At the moment I&#8217;m just enjoying the pearl and not making any decisions on what to do with it, partly because whatever I do will need to be something special.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll take suggestions and designs and the pearl is for sale on the website as is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still working through all the pearl stock I got in Hong Kong but one pearl stands out. I&#8217;m posting it here simply because a blue Tahitian pearl is so rare and so pretty. 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