Perhaps the best-loved gems of all time, pearls—both natural and cultured pearls—occur in a wide variety of colours. Learn about the factors that make pearls so popular and desirable!
Read MorePerfect shining spheres. Lustrous baroque forms. Seductive strands, warm to the touch. Pearls are simply and purely organic
Read More“The A-Z of Pearls”, with at least one pearl-related subject for each letter of the alphabet, was presented in Thailand recently.
Read MoreA compilation of gem news from around the world, covering topics such as localities, unusual gem materials, market news, new products, discoveries, jewellery manufacturing techniques and industry trends.
Read MoreA pearl, thought to be natural, is revealed to be a bead-cultured specimen with a pre-drilled nucleus.
Read MoreA review of Lustre: Pearling and Australia at the Immigration Museum in Melbourne.
Read MoreA sphere with unusual phosphorescence is seen in the Carlsbad laboratory.
Read MoreExamination of shells from on P. mazatlanica proves the similarities between that species and P. margaritifera.
Read MoreBlister pearls attached to shells are seen in both the Bangkok and the New York laboratories.
Read MoreTwo blister pearls attached to a host shell believed to have fossilised during the later Pleistocene period and discovered in south-eastern Kenya are studied.
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