The earrings have a luster that gives them a long-lasting shine, and they’re made of Premier Akoya Pearls. Sizes range from 6 millimeters to 7.5 millimeters. $250 at Blue Nile 2.

Pearls may grow in saltwater or fresh, and there are many types within those two categories. The main saltwater pearls are Akoya, South Sea and Tahitian. Akoya pearls, grown in Japan, were the ...

One piece of jewelry customers can get here is blue Akoya pearls . These are cultured pearls that have a blue color so rich and deep that sparkling water seems to come out of the pearl's surface.

Cultured Akoya pearl and 18-karat yellow gold Slide earrings ($5,300); cultured Akoya pearl, Itoigawa jade and platinum 900 necklace ($6,500); cultured Akoya pearl, apatite, blue topaz and 18 ...

One of our pearl farms in Japan now represents more than 80% of the small-sized pearls in Japan; without our own pearl farms, we would not able to consistently produce some of our best-known designs ...

Vietnam: The seventh-largest pearl producer, with an estimated annual production of 2,000 kilograms. Vietnam is known for producing exquisite Akoya pearls, particularly rare blue Akoya pearls ...

Pearl farming first emerged in Japan at the turn of the 20th century. Kokichi Mikimoto, the son of a noodle shop owner, invented cultured pearls by mimicking how they form in nature.

Japanese pearl farmers reaped only 56.6 tons of akoya-grown pearls in 1996, down 22 percent from the 1993 harvest. Currently, production is just a quarter of what it was in 1995.

Pearl farming first emerged in Japan at the turn of the 20th century. Kokichi Mikimoto, the son of a noodle shop owner, invented cultured pearls by mimicking how they form in nature.