1.   Black pearls and vanilla have become two of the major specialties of French Polynesia.

2.   But once there, inside the upstairs antechamber bedecked with cases and cases of sumptuous black pearls, Taylor faltered.

3.   Fashion has lately turned to black pearls, mostly produced in remote coral atolls of Tahiti.

4.   Her nose is broad, her forehead and cheeks are round and dark, like a black pearl.

5.   Kauffman, in dark-raspberry gown and black pearls, moves with determination, stopping at one cluster of people, then another.

6.   She looks for black pearls in Singapore and a hat in St. Petersburg.

7.   If your idea of adventure is being turned loose in shops with a credit card, the options here are limited largely to local handicrafts and black pearls.

8.   Tahiti hopes its crop of black pearls can help resuscitate the economy.

9.   The black pearl from Tahiti is one of the most expensive in the Amita Pearls Sdn Bhd showcase but executive director Genny Tan remained optimistic about its marketability.

10.   Dreams of diving for a fortune in black pearls have lured people back to remote Manihiki atoll in the Cook Islands but some pearlers have plunged into problems.