Pearl 101

Cultured pearls are either freshwater or saltwater pearls. Freshwater cultured pearls grow in certain lakes, ponds, and rivers all over the world, fro...

Known by many romantic names, from “jewels of the sea” to “tears of God”, pearls have been treasured for thousands of years.

The creation of the pearl takes up to five years of dedicated care: A gold-lipped P. maxima oyster is bred and grown for two to three years before...

No one understands the ancient nature of pearls quite like the Badjao, the sea gypsies who sail the Sulu-Sulawesi Seas across three nations and make...

Shaped by the dynamic forces of nature with every change in its environment reflected on its surface, no two pearls are exactly alike. Master...