Natural versus cultured. Natural pearls are hard to find. They're rare, and this makes them worth more money. But let's rewind for a second. What is a natural pearl, and how are they formed?

Before the creation of cultured pearls in the early 1900s, natural pearls were so rare and expensive that they were reserved almost exclusively for the noble and very rich. A jewelry item that ...

Explore the limited-edition Chrome Hearts x Mikimoto collection featuring baroque-style pearl jewelry with a punk rock flair, ...

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 ...

A mom who found a rare pearl inside a bowl of mussels at her birthday dinner has had it made into a "beautiful" piece of ...

A jeweller has turned a pearl that a woman’s partner found in a bowl of mussels at her birthday dinner into a pendant.Paige Hawkins’ partner found the pearl in his meal while they were celebrating at ...

I think that's something very impressive. It's a metal component that's about 1 meter wide, with a boxy shape.

Marie Antoinette was known - and eventually beheaded - for her lavish spending. The last Queen of France and her husband, King Louis XVI met their untimely ends after squandering their vast ...

Meline: A pearl is one of the most complex gems to assess the value of. One factor is whether it's natural or cultured ... In 2000, jewelry company Le Vian capitalized on the underappreciated ...