Pearls begin as irritants within oysters, which respond by slowly covering the foreign object with layers of nacre. This ...

For at least 164,000 years, oysters have been part of the human diet, but people have been finding pearls in oysters for much longer — as early as 2300 BC when Chinese royalty received them as gifts.

British fine jewelry brand Yoko London was established in 1973 by the Hakimian family, and has built a reputation for offering exquisite pearl jewelry that combines tradition and modernity, both in ...

The recent “renaissance” of the classic gem has driven up demand as well as prices. Many pearl lovers point out that the gems have never gone out of style. Here, the actress Kendall Lee, who appeared ...