FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- Florida's next cash crop might be pea-sized pink pearls grown in the brown bodies of queen conchs. Two scientists at Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic ...
A necklace of cultured pearls given to Marilyn Monroe by Joe DiMaggio in 1954. A group of magnificent tiaras worn by European nobility, including the Rosebery Tiara, a Victorian headpiece set with 13 ...
An curved arrow pointing right. South Sea pearls are the largest cultured-pearl variety, sometimes reaching over 20 millimeters in diameter. The Pinctada maxima oyster can take up to five years to ...
Off the coast of Japan’s verdant Saikai National Park, the Kujukushima Islands lie scattered amid a sprawling network of narrow inlets. Their name literally translates as “99 islands,” though there ...