She crushed one large pearl of a pair of earrings, dissolved it in the liquid ... Chinese pearls came mainly from freshwater rivers and ponds, whereas Japanese pearls were found near the coast ...

The price-value anomaly is obvious to consumers as they hasten to buy Chinese freshwater bargains. Indeed, pearls from freshwater mussels lie at the center of the liveliest activity in pearling today.

Before the development of plastic, buttons were made from mussel shells. Freshwater pearls are still cultured by inserting small pieces of native mussel shell into oysters. Mussels are fascinating ...

However, we found another Tiffany pair that looks just the same—the Double Pearl Hinged Earrings in Sterling Silver. Made ...

pair some freshwater pearls with a sweater and jeans to elevate your casual clothes, or opt for teardrop-shaped earrings to ...

She accessorised with show-stopping jewellery which included a pair of Bahrain pearl earrings that belonged to the late Queen Elizabeth - which were given to her as a gift. Over the years the pair ...

The largest Scottish freshwater pearl found in living memory is being auctioned, nearly six decades after its discovery. The Abernethy Pearl is expected to fetch between £40,000 and £60,000 when ...

About 200 years ago pearl mussels were harvested for, as the name suggests, pearls. However, the name can mislead - only about one per cent of them contain this hidden 'treasure' (and most of ...

A new colony of endangered freshwater pearl mussels has been discovered in north Highland. The rare species was uncovered during a watercourse survey being carried out before culvert replacement work.

Johannes Vermeer's Girl With The Pearl Earring is one of the world's most popular paintings - and now scientists believe they know why, by measuring how the brain reacts when the work is viewed.