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 ...

Japan's akoya oysters have been preëminent among cultured pearls ever since Kokichi Mikimoto first established the industry in the early part of this century. But since 1994, something has been ...

Forget the simple bridal strands of yesteryear. Whether your big-day style is classic, modern, or somewhere in between, this season’s pearl accessories are anything but ordinary. 1. Freshwater-baroque ...

Designs for pearl jewels are getting edgier with a touch of elegance thanks largely to the creative use of baroque pearls. Unlike round pearls, baroques have an irregular non-spherical shape. The ...

VAIL, Colorado ” Koji Kawamoto has had a relationship with pearls pretty much his whole life. Hailing from Japan, Kawamoto’s family has harvested pearls for three generations. Ninety-five percent of ...

(Photo credit: Davies + Starr; interior pearls courtesy of Albert Asher South Sea Pearl Co.) It took pearl dealer Salvador Assael ten years to assemble what he calls “the Ultimate Necklace”—23 gumball ...