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 ...

Natural conch pearls are typically two to five carats, with consumers spending from $800 to $2,000 for a high-quality one. The size of the cultured conch pearls is controlled by the nucleus size ...

A paleontologist credited with discovering the most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil ever found _ her namesake, Tyrannosaurus Sue _ is suing a Miami hotel over a shipment of rare conch pearls ...

Hendrickson's Miami attorney, Jonathan Cohen, said Hendrickson sold conch pearls, produced by the saltwater mollusk found in tropical waters, to upscale jewelers, such as Mikimoto and Cartier.

Liu said conch fossils were often seen in Liaojiazui, a 5,000-square-meter area where fossilized seashells and fish are found in large numbers. "But this was the oldest and best preserved fossil ...

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 ...

Prior to this breakthrough, no high-quality queen conch pearl had been cultured. This discovery opens up a unique opportunity to introduce a new gem to the industry. This significant accomplishment is ...

Evidence of size-selective evolution in the fighting conch from prehistoric subsistence harvesting. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , 2014; 281 (1782): 20140159 DOI: 10. ...

Pearls may be pretty but they’re also a defensive prison. Now, de Baets, together with Christian Klug and Dieter Korn, has confirmed House’s ideas by studying a large sample of ammonite shells ...

Here are Drs. Héctor Acosta-Salmón and Megan Davis, co-inventors, standing beside an aquaculture tank at Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. The queen conch is ...

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 ...