Everything about Baroque Pearl totally explained
Baroque pearls are simply
pearls that have an irregular shape.
Freshwater pearls are most commonly
baroque as freshwater pearls are mantle-tissue nucleated instead of bead nucleated. So the pearls are rarely perfectly
spherical and can appear
oval or ovoid.
Akoya pearls (commonly known as
cultured saltwater pearls) can also be baroque, but the baroque shape of an akoya pearl differs from that of a freshwater pearl. This is because akoya pearls are bead-nucleated and thus have a perfectly spherical bead within. So in the event a harvested akoya pearl is a baroque, it has a small tail that comes to a sharp point behind a rounded front.
The most valuable of baroque pearls are the South Sea and
Tahitian pearls. These pearls are produced by the
Pinctada margaritifera, and the
Pinctada maxima (black-lipped
oysters and white-lipped oysters). Although these are a variety of cultured saltwater pearls, the amount of time that the pearls are cultured dramatically increases the depth of the
nacre, and the likelihood of producing a baroque pearl. Most Tahitian pearl farm harvests, for example, produce more than 40 percent baroque and semi-baroque pearls.
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