Is that jewelry made of REAL pearls? If you want REAL GENUINE NATURAL PEARLS, be alert for the following terms: SHELL PEARL These are not pearls at all, but man-made beads concocted from ground shell! “Shell...
Mikimoto, Mise, and Nishikawa perfected the methods of saltwater perliculture in the Akova Pearl Oyster (Pinctada fucata) during the early 1900s, leading to a thriving Japanese industry. This guide provides...
Freshwater Pearls are a sweet, smaller, and often more irregularly shaped type of pearl that can be grow in a number of different species of freshwater mussels. A feshwater pearl is produced when twenty or...
Pearl - June's Birthstone The elegant pearl is the birthstone for the month of June, and this gem has been linked with chastity and modesty, making it something of an angelic, pure birthstone. They are also...