For cultured pearls, once the irritant is put inside the oyster, it takes about six months to form a pearl. However, if the ...

The Pearl Girls' "Open an Oyster" event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at their 548 Hawthorne Ave. store. A $15 donation is required to participate, and all proceeds will be donated to ...

Oysters are the main producers of pearls, but clams and mussels can also create them. Pearls form when oysters secrete layers ...

In Japan, pearl oysters (Pinctada fucata) are an aquaculture staple.These precious baubles produced by tiny irritants trapped inside the mollusks are used to make jewelry around the world ...

Woman found a pearl inside oyster at Full Moon Oyster Bar in Morrisville, North Carolina. Only about one in 10,000 wild oysters produce a pearl. 24/7 Live Raleigh Durham Fayetteville Surrounding Area ...

The Pearl Girls jewelry store on Hawthorne Avenue in Athens will hold its second-annual 'Open an Oyster' Project Safe benefit event on June 23.

While the oyster is typically thought of as the pearl-producing animal, pearls can also form from sand under pressure inside the shells of other mollusks like clams and mussels.