For the solemn occasion, which is just her fourth public appearance of the year, the Princess of Wales wore an all black ...

But hey, I get it. Nobody has the time, nor the bank, to wear a completely new look every time they go out, and that's where ...

A jewelry item that today's working women might take for granted, a 16-inch strand of perhaps ... and in the Red Sea. Chinese pearls came mainly from freshwater rivers and ponds, whereas Japanese ...

Designers like Simone Rocha and Alexander McQueen have reinvented pearls by incorporating them into unexpected designs—think multi-strand necklaces ... options, freshwater pearls offer a ...

The price-value anomaly is obvious to consumers as they hasten to buy Chinese freshwater bargains. Indeed, pearls from freshwater mussels lie at the center of the liveliest activity in pearling today.

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 ...

like this Initial Lock Necklace. I absolutely love all my Oak and Luna pieces, especially the pearl choker with my middle name on it, pictured above. They ship quickly despite the time it takes to ...

This pearl strand and ... concept pearl jewelry for women and men via its latest ad campaign. From Assael's Modernist Collection, these 18-karat yellow gold earrings are 3.25 inches long and ...

jewelry and tools. Before the development of plastic, buttons were made from mussel shells. Freshwater pearls are still cultured by inserting small pieces of native mussel shell into oysters. Mussels ...

About 200 years ago pearl mussels were harvested for, as the name suggests, pearls. However, the name can mislead - only about one per cent of them contain this hidden 'treasure' (and most of ...