Blue Tahitian Pearl

[pearlescence]

I'm still working through all the pearl stock I got in Hong Kong but one pearl stands out. I'm posting it here simply because a blue Tahitian pearl is so rare and so pretty.
I 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.
Wholesalers don'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.
This 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's a beauty and I've only ever seen one other Tahitian so blue - and 100% natural colour.