Only oysters of the Ostreidae family can make ... it's the classic shade used in jewelry. However, both natural and cultured ...

Natural freshwater pearls occur in mussels for the same reason that saltwater pearls occur in oysters. Foreign material, usually a sharp object or parasite, enters a mussel and cannot be expelled.

The oyster’s response to these intruders is to encase them in nacre, leading to pearl formation. Natural pearls vary in size, with those exceeding 10 millimetres being rare and particularly ...

Pearls are made by marine oysters and freshwater mussels as a natural defence against an irritant such as a parasite entering their shell or damage to their fragile body. The oyster or mussel slowly ...

Let’s not forget the more glamorous side of the humble oyster – the pearl. A natural pearl will form in an oyster when a foreign object, like a grain of sand, gets inside the shell.

Natural pearls form when some kind of irritant, usually a small organism, makes its way into the shell of a mollusk like an oyster or a mussel. To protect itself from the invader, the mollusk ...

Pearl farmers haul out their oyster cages in Ago Bay ... Whether the cause is a natural virus, a pollution-caused disease, or something entirely different, the Japanese have to come up with ...

Try lemon pearls on top of oysters or grilled fish. Pomegranate pearls can be served on yogurt, tarts and cocktails — as can the pomegranate’s natural pearls, the jelly-like arils that cover ...

Some pearl-shaped bubble foods have been with us for a long time — not fads at all — such as the classic is caviar, and fish ...

Try lemon pearls on top of oysters or grilled fish. Pomegranate pearls can be served on yogurt, tarts and cocktails — as can the pomegranate’s natural pearls, the jelly-like arils that cover ...