In their natural form, conch pearls are among the rarest pearls in the world. For more than 25 years, all attempts at culturing pearls from the queen conch have been unsuccessful -- until now. For ...

About 1 in 10,000 queen conch sea snails produces a conch pearl, and just one in 100 is of gem quality. Accordingly, good-quality conch pearls have a probable occurrence of one in a million.

Conchs naturally produce pearls in response to irritation, and the pink pearl market relies on fish-processing plants to find the gems as conch flesh is turned into fodder for fritters and stews.

Conchs naturally produce pearls in response to irritation, and the pink pearl market relies on fish-processing plants to find the gems as conch flesh is turned into fodder for fritters and stews.

In their natural form, conch pearls are among the rarest pearls in the world. For more than 25 years, all attempts at culturing pearls from the queen conch have been unsuccessful -- until now. For ...

BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they have, for the first time, produced beaded and non-beaded cultured pearls from the queen conch (Strombus gigas). Researchers from Florida ...

Diamond and Conch Pearl Tassel Necklace: 11 large pink oval conch pearls with 480 rose cut diamonds (36.18 carats), 15 briolette diamonds (2.27 carats) and 181 round diamonds.

Competition for the rarest pearls is fierce. Late last year a mesmerising two-strand necklace of multicoloured conch pearls by Cartier sold for nearly double its estimate at Sotheby’s New York ...

The queen conch could prove to be a real jewel for Florida Atlantic University.The plan: to use the marine animal to produce cultured pearls, and potentially make a lot of money with both sales ...

How Mother of Pearl Comes In. Not every mollusk can produce the iridescent, ... A sea snail called the queen conch, for example, produces them in varying hues of pastel pink.