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jewelry and tools. 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 ...

Some of China's new pearls are all-nacre, some have nacre-coated nuclei, all are unmarked. After one experimenter used small off-round naturals as nuclei, he sent the resulting freshwater pearls ...

Singles’ Day started in China as a celebration for single people. It has since become the world’s largest shopping event, ...

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small seed, seawater, freshwater and cultured pearls. Gemstones are graded according to the 4 Cs: Cut, color, clarity and carat weight. Jewelry is also classified by its type and design.

The only pearls Assael never supplies or sells, she commented, are cultured freshwater pearls. Regarding the company’s reputation for creating pearl jewelry ... colors of small natural round ...

The Pinctada maxima oyster can take up to five years to produce a single South Sea pearl, whereas more common freshwater oysters ... pearl can cost $1,500, and a necklace can reach over $200,000.

Here are some hints and the solution for the three down"Pearl in a pearl necklace, e.g." hint on the Nov. 1 NYT Mini Crossword.

While it’s small relative to the $90 billion diamond jewelry market, pearl jewelry’s popularity is growing among younger consumers, where pearls’ natural sustainability has special appeal ...