Natural versus cultured. Natural pearls are hard to find. They're rare, and this makes them worth more money. But let's rewind for a second. What is a natural pearl, and how are they formed?

Before the creation of cultured pearls in the early 1900s, natural pearls were so rare and expensive that they were reserved almost exclusively for the noble and very rich. A jewelry item that ...

That's how Jesse Jo Stark, the creative director of L.A.-based jewelry label Chrome Hearts, describes her new collaboration ...

sustainable jewelry. Glowing like sunlight made solid, this 13-15mm golden South Sea pearl necklace is a statement piece ... [+] with an 18-karat gold clasp. Instantly identifiable yet relatively ...

The Saturdays singer turned influencer Vanessa White has shared her take on this elegant trend with layered Treated Freshwater Cultured Pearls T-bar Collier Necklaces and the Baroque Treated ...

colors and prices to satisfy every taste and budget,” concluded a study on the pearl jewelry market by MVEye and the Cultured Pearl Association. MVEye founder Marty Hurwitz challenges jewelry ...

Baroque pearls become tantalising talismans in pearl charm pendants from MoonTree Baby. Founders and sisters Pacharee Sophie and Kunthalee Vera draw on their family’s gemological experience for ...

A great irony of pearl history is that the least expensive cultured pearl product in the market today rivals the quality of the most expensive natural pearls ever found. The price-value anomaly is ...

Pearl jewelry is considered by many to be something of a classic—so much so that at one time, a strand of pearls was the quintessential everyday piece of jewelry for many middle class American women.

I think that's something very impressive. It's a metal component that's about 1 meter wide, with a boxy shape.

and a necklace can reach over $200,000. So, how are these pearls grown? And what makes them so expensive? More from Retail South Sea pearls are the largest cultured-pearl variety, sometimes ...