About our Pearls

We provide a Certificate of Authenticity with each piece of jewelry that we sell, guaranteeing that each pearl we sell is indeed of natural color and export quality.

                                       The island of Tahiti

Find out more about our Tahitian pearls here. We guarantee that all of our Tahitian pearls were grown in the warm lagoons of French Polynesia (Tahiti). We do not sell black-market pearls (Tahitian pearls not inspected by the Tahitian government), or pearls from the Cook Islands that are also uninspected.

Pearl Grading
Pearl Grade	French Polynesia Scale	Description
AAA	A	Pearl is flawless on 90% of the pearl's surface. Only one deep blemish is permitted. Nacre is very thick and luster is very high.
AA+	A/B	Pearl is flawless on 80% of the pearl's surface. One to two deep blemishes are permitted. Lighter blemishes may also be present, but the pearl faces up clean. Nacre is very thick and luster is high to very high.
AA	B	Pearl is flawless on 70% of the pearl's surface. Nacre is very thick and luster is high to very high.
A+	C	Pearl shows blemishes on 60-70% of the pearl's surface. Nacre is thick to very thick and luster is medium to very high.
B	D	Not sold on our site.

Beware of Tahitian pearls which have not been inspected and certified by the Government of French Polynesia.  They may have thin nacre, which may wear or chip off after only a short while.  All of our pearls have passed rigorous quality controls, having been x-rayed by the government of French Polynesia to verify they had a minimum nacre thickness of 0.8mm - equivalent to a AAA Akoya pearl - so you can be sure their beauty will last a very long time!

We know that our golden South Sea pearls are authentic (and their color is natural) because we buy either direct from the pearl farmer or from the most-respected wholesalers of South Sea pearls - wholesalers who open their operations to the experts and who verify the quality and origin of their pearls.