Mother-of-pearl, the iridescent coating inside oyster shells, once formed the foundation of a thriving button industry in the U.S. What is now the United States became famous for two products.

Pearls are made by marine oysters and freshwater mussels as a natural defence against an irritant such as a parasite entering their shell or damage to their fragile body. The oyster or mussel slowly ...

In this “Jeux de Mains” format, artisans from each of the 17 participating French luxury maisons collaborate with Chinese ...

Krzemnicki and Laurent E. Cartier concluded the so-called pearl, among others they observed, was "fake" and "unambiguously" a bead "cut and polished from Tridacna shell." Snopes contacted ...

Pearls are the result of a mollusc's reaction to irritants such as parasites that enter its shell. Although model pearls are perfectly round and smooth, in reality they come in a huge number of shapes ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Jukkit Suksawat a Thai artist who has been creating traditional mother-of-pearl inlay for the past 30 years. He is determined to keep this 14th-century tradition ...

and local county governments recently completed a few road drainage and erosion projects aimed at protecting the rare mussel, which has an iridescent shine on its inside shell that resembles a pearl.

While most gemstones are extracted from earth in rough forms that require cutting and polishing before being set into jewelry, pearls emerge straight from their shells ready to be made into any ...

What is it? Well, many of the manicures feature this ethereal, pearly, opalescent finish, a bit like the mother-of-pearl-insides of a mollusc shell. So there, I’m calling it: shell nails are ...

Tami Gingrich details the science behind classifying and growing pumpkins, as well as insight into their popularity.

Intricate Mashrabiya screens, arched corridors, a water court clad in Zellige tiles and bucolic gardens bring a Moorish vibe ...

Promising review: "I use these every morning for my lemon water and iced coffee drinks. The straw and glass are both sturdy ...