pearl earrings

Cultured Pearls
Their unmistakable beauty and extreme rarity make pearls one of nature's most desired gems. Pearls are made up of layer upon layer of lustrous nacre produced within mollusk shells. Because they are so seldom found in nature, humans have created a system of producing cultured pearls. In this process, tiny irritants are inserted inside the mollusk shell. As nacre builds up around the irritants over time, beautiful cultured pearls are created. As demand for pearls has grown, most pearls today are cultured. Learn more