As she launches her first pearl jewelry, the Swiss designer talks about her instinct for color, growing up around art and why ...

Even though World War II interrupted the flow of Lake Biwa pearls, by the 1950s strands sold in Japan as less expensive, colorful alternatives to the mainstay material, cultured saltwater pearls.

With commercially cultured pearls, an external irritant is manually inserted in the mollusk to produce nacre and subsequently, the pearl. Farmed or cultured pearls are generally less expensive ...

He said most cultured pearls, grown inside oysters, were of relatively high quality 30 years ago. And although pearls go in and out of fashion, good quality pearls like those found at the Daily ...

When you first think of pearls, a milky white is likely the first one that you visualize because it's the classic shade used ...

Oysters are the main producers of pearls, but clams and mussels can also create them. Pearls form when oysters secrete layers ...

Raw Pearls is set to unveil a new collection of cultured freshwater and Tahitian pearls at this year’s Jewellery Show at ...

The first modern cultured pearl was created in 1893 by the Japanese entrepreneur Kokichi Mikimoto. In the 1920s and 1930s, the cultivation of pearls grew significantly, as did their popularity.

The growth of the global pearl jewelry market is driven by factors such as increasing demand for pearls in fashion jewelry, availability of pearls in various shapes, colors, and sizes, and easy ...