Over time, a range of pearl styles became available to royalty and commoners alike. During the long history of pearls, the principal oyster beds lay in the Persian Gulf, along the coasts of India ...

Only oysters of the Ostreidae family can make pearls ... meld together like brick and mortar to create nacre or mother-of-pearl, creating a strong protective coating that looks iridescent and ...

But since 1994, something has been killing off the akoyas of Ago Bay, the heart of Japan's cultured-pearl business, and elsewhere in the country. Experts attribute the initial oyster deaths in ...

The oyster or mussel slowly secretes layers of aragonite and conchiolin, materials that also make up its shell. This creates a material called nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl, which encases the ...

I decided to have my pearl made into a piece of jewelry. I say “my pearl” because I found it myself. That’s right … I was eating my favorite meal: fresh (not canned) oyster stew ...

Among the millions of bivalve molluscs in the Museum's collections, one specimen stands out: a large oyster shell, donated to the Museum in 1886 and containing a peculiar pearl. Rather than a ...

Pearl now has a large family – stretching for generations. “Your story needs to be told to everyone,” Town of Oyster Bay Receiver of Taxes Jeff Pravato said. “They should make a movie ...

HAIKOU, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- In waters of a southern Chinese island, scores of palm-sized pearl oysters hang tidily on the breeding cages. These oysters, scientifically known as Pinctada maxima ...