As the Head of Jewelry Middle East of Christie's, David Warren has said, the Middle Eastern region is indeed a traditional hot spot of the finest natu...

The 239.7-grain baroque drop-shaped natural saltwater pearl is most certainly the largest natural pearl ever offered for sale at Christie's Dubai auct...

This is an interesting question, but the answer to it lies in knowing the approximate period during which the baroque drop-shaped pearl was discovered...

Provenance plays a very significant role in deciding the value of a pearl, especially at competitive auctions. Normally auction houses set their lowe...

The answer to this question depends on whether the pearls are natural or cultured. For natural pearls the factor that has the greatest bearing is the ...

Having explained the relationship between Argonauts and Nautiluses, let us now see whether Argonauts can produce pearls like Nautiluses. The one and ...

Argonauts and Nautiluses are distantly related by virtue of belonging to the same class of Mollusks, the Cephalopoda. However, they belong to differen...

Quote from rashid: If as you said the Nautilus shell wall is made up of two layers, an outer matte, white layer and an inner blue-gray shiny nacreous ...

Welcome aboard ashleeduhe and thanks for your contribution. We hope you would be a regular contributor to our fora. After explaining what true Nautil...

All shelled mollusks are technically capable of producing pearls. However, most of the natural pearls we come across have their origin from two main c...

Welcome aboard John. Your participation in our forum is vital for its success. You can start a thread on the jewelry designs created by you, and post...

The 2.84-carat ovoid conch pearl and the 6.43-carat heart-shaped conch pearl, are indeed rare beauties of nature. The price of USD 3,750 realized by t...

Thanks Anitap for posting the photos of the melo pearl and the conch pearls. I agree with Shah's comment on their stunning beauty, that surpasses the ...

2) The second important factor that determines the shape of pearls is the nature of the tissues surrounding the growing pearl and positioning of the i...

The main factors that determine the shape of natural and cultured pearls are :- 1) The shape of the irritant for natural pearls,and the implanted nucl...