A guide to the different types of pearls and where they come from: Natural versus cultured pearls: The life of the natural pearl begins when a foreign object such as a parasite or piece of shell ...

• Natural pearls: Formed without human interference, these are incredibly rare. • Cultured pearls: The process is natural, but guided by farmers who carefully place a nucleus inside the mollusc to ...

There are three types of pearls: natural, cultured and imitation. Natural pearls are created as a spontaneous response to a naturally occurring irritant in a mollusk. The mollusk makes the pearl by ...

Pearl jewelry has gained a well-deserved reputation for sophistication and elegance in its many centuries of existence. Pearls, especially certain types and colors, are a status symbol of sorts. The ...

There’s no other gem like the pearl that garners such tall tales, legends and myths. Across cultures, it seems the pearl’s beauty is too great to go unexplained. In Polynesian culture, the moon basks ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 01: Rihanna attends the 2023 Costume Institute Benefit celebrating "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by ...