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A cultured pearl is a pearl that is formed inside a living oyster with the help of human intervention. The process of culturing pearls was developed in Japan in the early 1900s, and it is now the primary way that pearls are produced.To culture a pearl, a small bead (called a nucleus) is inserted into the oyster. The oyster then coats the nucleus with...

Pearls have long been cherished for their beauty and scarcity by a variety of civilizations. In several ancient societies, the pearl was seen as a sign of wealth and aristocracy, which is probably...

I was recently visiting my pearl supplier to purchase a beautiful Tahitian circle strand with an exquisite peacock green that I had seen a few days earlier and had asked him to hold it. It is exquisite and a great price, and, as it has happened multiple times, I saw this amazing creature...