The Pink Pearl is "really crunchy," with "a great texture," and has been likened to "Jolly Ranchers and Lifesavers, a bit of a sweet candy taste," according to Watts, a PhD candidate at Dalhousie ...

Still, not far from a $100,000 necklace of soft purple and pink pearls at the resort's jewellery boutique, Hinerva, I spotted a bracelet with a single, imperfect black pearl on a strand of silk ...