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 ...

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.

The queen conch, a marine snail, lures shell collectors with its unique, spire-shaped shell, but the mollusk also produces lustrous, deep-pink pearls. For years, people have attempted, with little ...

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

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 ...

Here’s Why Pearls No Longer Cost a Fortune Coming up with ways to lower the price of pearls—either through culturing or by out-right fakery—took centuries ...

In conjunction with the Cultured Pearl Association, his firm just completed a benchmark study of consumer preferences for pearls among 1,000+ fine jewelry buyers aged 25-to-55 years of age.

Ms. Neuwirth introduced cultured pearls into her collection in 2014 and has since fielded a handful of requests for pearl engagement rings.