A woman has discovered a pearl in an oyster while "slurping down" her monthly treat. Esmee Nicholls, 77, from Weymouth, said she first mistook the gemstone for a piece of shell. It came from one ...

But since 1994, something has been killing off the akoyas of Ago Bay, the heart of Japan's cultured-pearl business, and elsewhere in the country. Experts attribute the initial oyster deaths in ...

An exhibition at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, explores the rise and fall of a remarkable trade that briefly made Paris the City of Pearls.

An curved arrow pointing right. At Pearl Factory, customers can handpick their very own oyster. Once they've opened the oyster, they can create jewelry with their pearl. More from Entertainment At ...

The oyster or mussel slowly secretes layers of aragonite and conchiolin, materials that also make up its shell. This creates a material called nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl, which encases the ...

Mersea is offered up as a delicious treat, with 'Oyster Land' the pearl that has been formed within it. The next screening ...