Long known as the "Queen of Gems," pearls possess a history and allure ... Whereas Nishikawa nucleated with silver and gold beads, Mikimoto experimented with everything from glass to lead to ...

You may remember Perler beads from first or second grade; these small plastic beads are placed into a peg board and then ironed to produce a solid multicolored piece of plastic. Recently ...

It is truly unusual to find so many well-preserved skeletons at once, like those discovered in Åsum,” Museum Odense curator ...

Around the year 1500 we find two major types of "rosaries": a) Prayer chains with fifty beads/pearls symbolizing the fifty Aves ... glass, pewter, lead and iron. The eighteenth c knows of filigree ...

Highlights: South Sea pearls are considered the "Rolls Royce" of pearls ... Benitoite is a blue to blue-purple gemstone made of aluminum oxide with magnesium, iron and zinc. It was first discovered in ...

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 ...

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Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. HOUSTON, TX - NOVEMBER 02: A detail shot of the pearl necklace worn by Joc Pederson #22 of the ... [+] Atlanta Braves during ...

Larimer County lifted all evacuation orders related to the Pearl fire on Saturday. The small wildfire burning in northwest Larimer County is 90 percent contained, due in part to a cold front ...

Its closing is another indication of fashion manufacturing’s prolonged exit from New York City, something that, says fashion ...