Natural freshwater pearls occur in mussels for the same reason that saltwater pearls occur in oysters. Foreign material, usually a sharp object or parasite, enters a mussel and cannot be expelled.

whereas Japanese pearls were found near the coast in salt water. Nearly all the pearls in commerce originated from those few sources. Over the next millennium only three substantive events altered ...

The company's beloved winged creature returns on one-of-a-kind natural pearls that can take up to 20 years to source.

The latest development in the successful partnership provides students with the rare opportunity to experiment and create new bodies of work using natural gems ...

It is a cultural motif here rethought by Tiffany & Co, who rethink the distinctive design in capsule high jewellery collection, Bird on a Pearl. Incredibly rare, natural saltwater pearls sourced in ...

Due to the increasing pollution in the world’s oceans, natural pearls are becoming extremely elusive—even still, according to Sotheby’s, the majority of natural saltwater pearls were ...