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The Columbus Pearls project is an ongoing historical and scientific research archive centered on the early Caribbean pearl fisheries and an associated assemblage of natural saltwater pearls dating to the early Columbian era. The project combines archaeology, gemology, oceanography, radiocarbon...

A Spider… Worth More Than Gold Itself. This extraordinary tarantula brooch is crafted in yellow gold, set with over 70 carats of diamonds and sapphires, and crowned with something far rarer than any gemstone—a natural horse conch pearl weighing an astonishing 111.76 carats. Formed in the depths...

When people admire historical pearls in museums or royal collections, they rarely think about how those pearls were recovered. In the history of gemmology, pearls occupy a distinctive position. Unlike minerals that must be mined, pearls originate within living organisms and must be retrieved...