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 ...

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Following is a transcription of the video. Narrator: Pearls have been a symbol of elegance and class for centuries. The Maharajas of India and European queens adorned themselves with pearls, a symbol ...

The world’s oldest known natural pearl has been discovered at a Neolithic site in Abu Dhabi. Archaeologists found the pearl at the site on Marawah Island off the coast of the Emirate. The pearl was ...

Often referred to at the “Queen of Gems,” the pearl is the world’s oldest jewel. They’ve also famously been thought of as a status symbol, and this dates back to 420 BC as fragments of pearl jewelry ...

PARIS — Did you know that in 1900 there were 300 natural pearl dealers here between numbers 1 and 100 Rue Lafayette? It was a passing mention of this in a scientific book that caught the attention of ...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The oldest known natural pearl in the world has been discovered by Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) archaeologists ...