Japan's akoya oysters have been preëminent among cultured pearls ever since Kokichi Mikimoto first established the industry in the early part of this century. But since 1994, something has been ...

Son of a Japanese noodle maker, Kokichi Mikimoto single-handedly launched the cultured-pearl industry. Kokichi Mikimoto, the son of a noodle maker, had a dream and a hard-working wife, Ume.

(Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images) Pearls for men are having a fashion moment, but many wonder if it is a trend that has staying power. Mikimoto, a name synonymous with pearls ...

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The variety of pearls available at the world’s largest jewelry trade fair included Akoya, South Sea ... including officials from Mikimoto, Jewelmer, Paspaley and Autore Group.

Today, Mikimoto is widely considered the grandfather of cultured pearls. He used Akoya pearls, which are the traditional white round pearls you're probably familiar with. By the 1920s, cultured ...

Click here to read the entire article on Luxury Daily Mikimoto upends precious perception of pearls in social effort Japanese jeweler Mikimoto is setting out to prove that pearls can defy ...

And not every pearl comes out the same. The size of the pearl largely depends on the size of the mollusk. For example, akoya pearls can only grow about 9 or 10 millimeters in diameter, but South ...

On inaguration night, Harris wore a custom pair of Neuwirth earrings featuring hexagon step cut diamonds surrounded by small ...

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 ...

With the Abernathy pearl expected to fetch a high sum at auction, we look at the history of pearls. Besides its legends and ...