A great irony of pearl history is that the least expensive cultured pearl product in the market today rivals the quality of the most expensive natural pearls ever found. The price-value anomaly is ...

For thousands of years, pearls have been a prized gemstone used to craft jewelry and other adornments. But North America has ...

Baroque pearls take centre stage in the hands of Mary MacGill, who suspends freshwater pearls on delicate, hammered gold wire. Japanese brand The 'Vit sources its pearls in Japan, pairing them with ...

Surat: Pearl farming is common in places like Cambay but there the beads are cultured in seawater using oysters. However, Bhargav Desai and his cousin, Swetal, farm pearls differently. They culture ...

Plucked from the bed of a river in Aberdeenshire, the best freshwater pearls in Scotland were once so prized that they were used to adorn the country’s crown jewels. But Holyrood’s official ...