The price-value anomaly is obvious to consumers as they hasten to buy Chinese freshwater bargains. Indeed, pearls from freshwater mussels lie at the center of the liveliest activity in pearling today.

About 200 years ago pearl mussels were harvested for, as the name suggests, pearls. However, the name can mislead - only about one per cent of them contain this hidden 'treasure' (and most of ...

The largest Scottish freshwater pearl found in living memory has been sold for £93,951 at auction. The Abernethy Pearl was discovered in the River Tay by William (Bill) Abernethy, who was ...