Japan's akoya oysters have been preëminent among cultured pearls ever since Kokichi Mikimoto first established the industry in the early part of this century. But since 1994, something has been ...

Before the creation of cultured pearls in the early 1900s ... During the long history of pearls, the principal oyster beds lay in the Persian Gulf, along the coasts of India and Ceylon (now ...

This triggers the oyster's defense response, and it starts coating that piece of tissue with nacre. The vast majority of pearls on the market are cultured pearls. The Gemological Institute of ...

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 ...

Oysters make both Oriental and Mikimoto pearls ... London and Manhattan indicate that they are selling “cultured pearls,” sell them for much less than the price of “real” Orientals.* ...

An exhibition at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, explores the rise and fall of a remarkable trade that briefly made Paris the City of Pearls.

The oyster or mussel slowly secretes layers of aragonite and ... which encases the irritant and protects the mollusc from it. When pearls are cultured commercially an irritant is manually inserted ...

The oysters died after the inner layer of their ... which prompted prefectural authorities to interview 122 cultured pearl farmers, nearly half of the prefecture's farmers, in August in an effort ...

To enhance the marine environment and biodiversity, Dr. Fang's team has selected sites in Hong Kong's Tolo Channel to restore ...

Clinical programs are often defined by the cases and projects — the pearls at the heart of the experiential learning ... In the context of international human rights clinics, the world is your oyster, ...

Pistol is implying that he will use violent means to find his fortune, much like breaking open an oyster to seize its pearl. But the expression’s meaning has evolved over the years and has come ...