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.

WHEN CHRISTINE SALTER talks about life with her family and the company that gave Australia a world-class high-end jewellery ...

Sea pearls are extremely precious and beautiful. They are formed in the body of certain types of organisms found in the sea.

The Alabama pearlshell mussel, a small, endangered mollusk found in a just a few creeks in south Alabama, which can outlive ...

These show that small, dark natural nuclei or cores sometimes exist at the center of the ... to produce cultured pearls to any commercial extent are from the Haliotis genus and, on rare occasion, the ...

However, a few shoppers mentioned that there isn't quite as much volume as advertised; the final effect is closer to fluttery ...

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While the photograph is authentic and does show an item kept under a fisherman's bed for 10 years, no official sources have confirmed the object is a genuine pearl. Moreover, as the item's ...

Details quantity, weight, size, shape, color, origin, mollusk, environment and detectable treatments. For loose, mounted or strung pearls.