Australian South Sea pearls are produced by the largest and rarest of all pearl oysters – the Pinctada maxima. This species is the most valuable of all oysters due to the superb quality of its mother-of-pearl, highly valued in its own...
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This most wondrous of gems emerge from the living oyster radiant with natural beauty. Unlike other gems, pearls require no cutting before being set into jewellery. As a product of Nature, pearls occur in an infinite combination of shapes, colours...
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There are essentially three types of pearls: natural, cultured and imitation. Natural Pearls form when an irritant - usually a parasite and not the proverbial grain of sand - works its way into an oyster, mussel, or clam. As a defence mechanism,...
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