Nature has a lot to offer to humans. Most precious jewelry is made from metals and stones buried deep within the Earth’s surface but the discovery of these rare jewels is not just limited to land. The ...

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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 ...

Mollusks maintain the symmetry of their pearls by adjusting the thickness of each layer of shimmering nacre. If one layer of the pearl’s nacre is thinner, the next layer is thicker and will balance ...

"Pearls: A Natural History Lecture" is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, March 15, in the Little Theatre of the Midland Center for the Arts. Dr. Paula M. Mikkelsen, of the American Museum of Natural ...

Looking for that romantic something to give your Valentine? How about some nice pearls? Well, maybe not “La Peregrina“ ("The Incomparable”), a giant pearl found off the coast of Panama around 1510.

June is the month for grads and dads and pearls. The elegant gemstone is the birthstone for this month. Some sources also list Alexandrite and moonstone as June birthstones. Unlike other precious gems ...

Pearls are the perfect example of modern jewelry reinvention. They’ve been a feminine go-to for centuries, and the traditional, mid-20th century “Jackie O” pearl strand is trending again — but now ...