Thank goodness for cultured pearls! Natural pearls, or pearls that have not been cultured, are almost never found these days. Cultured pearls are very, very beautiful and are genuine pearls.
Today, cultured pearl jewelry in the form of a cultured pearl necklace and matching cultured pearl earrings are available for jewelry collectors. However, if it had not for an inventive trio during the early 20th Century, we may have only seen pearls at special museum exhibitions or in paintings from bygone days. read more