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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

No one can accuse that most elegant of Japanese jewellery houses Tasaki of capitalising on America’s new Madam Vice President Kamala Harris’s signature pearls. The brand has been around since 1954, ...

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.

Devoted foodies and restaurant newbies love Foobooz. Sign up now for our twice weekly newsletter. Look past the velvet rope and bouncers and you might notice that Akoya is trying to making a name ...

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.

Pamela Cloud felt much the same way, which is why, in 2022, she founded Roseate, a pearl-centric fine jewelry brand that only uses pearls purchased directly from farmers she has personally vetted ...