Baroque pearl

Baroque pearls are special pearls that don't have a round shape. Instead, they come in many interesting forms like oval, curved, pinched, or lumpy. Most of these pearls come from freshwater pearls that people grow in farms. Even though saltwater pearls can also be baroque, they are usually more like teardrops because of the way they are made.

Today, many jewelry shops sell baroque pearls made from freshwater pearls because they cost less than wild freshwater pearls. These cultured pearls can be treated with color to make them more beautiful for different kinds of jewelry.

The most valuable baroque pearls come from the South Sea and Tahiti. They are made by special oysters, like the black-lipped and gold-lipped oysters. Places like Western Australia and Tahiti are famous for growing these pearls in large farms. In these farms, the pearls grow a thicker layer that makes them more likely to have a baroque shape. In fact, many pearls from Tahiti farms have more than 40 percent that are baroque or almost baroque.