Black Pearl

ja:黒真珠de:Schwarze Perle
==Statistics==
==Other Uses==
==Synthesis Recipes==
==Used in Recipes==
==Desynthesis Recipes==
==Obtained from Desynthesis==
==How to Obtain==
===Quests===
* Beast from the East
* Inside the Belly (Lakerda)
===Dropped From===
Name 	Level	Zone
Marsh Sahagin	52-59	Sea Serpent Grotto
Bog Sahagin 	52-59	Sea Serpent Grotto
Swamp Sahagin	52-59	Sea Serpent Grotto
===BCNM===
Name 	Level Cap 	Zone
Steamed Sprouts 	Level 40, 30 minutes, 6 members	Balga's Dais
The Worm's Turn 	Level 40, 30 minutes, 6 members	Waughroon Shrine
Under Observation	Level 40, 15 minutes, 3 members	Horlais Peak
Up in Arms 	Level 60, 15 minutes, 3 members	Waughroon Shrine
===Tenshodo Coffer===
Key 	Mission
Bird key	Bring at least 3 Counterseals to Squintrox Dryeyes
===Walk of Echoes===
*Veridical Conflux 9
== Historical Background ==
The black pearl is a rare type of pearl which has a medium to dark gray color instead of the usual iridescent, whitish appearance of regular pearls. Black pearls are produced by the black-lip oyster (also called the Tahitian pearl oyster), Pinctada margaritifera, which is found in the southwestern Indian Ocean & Persian Gulf, southwestern Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and off the coast of Baja California, usually in relatively shallow waters (such as lagoons). The most common area where they were found is the southern Pacific Ocean, though. The black pearl is rare because the species that produces it has a smaller population than those which produce common pearls and the species which produces it tends to rarely produce pearls naturally. As a result, it is more expensive than standard pearls (the black pearl is not as valuable as the south sea pearl though).