CAMDEN, Tenn. (WKRN) — Did you know that one of nature’s most beautiful gemstones, the freshwater pearl, is the official state gem of Tennessee? That’s because the only freshwater pearl farm in North ...

The rivers of northeast Arkansas once teemed with freshwater mollusks capable of producing pearls, which led to a huge "pearl rush" in the region in the late 1800s. The mussels had not been harvested ...

The Awarding of Deqing Freshwater Pear Mussels Composite Fishery System BEIJING, Nov. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 31 in Rome, Italy, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ...

A great irony of pearl history is that the least expensive cultured pearl product in the market today rivals the quality of the most expensive natural pearls ever found. The price-value anomaly is ...

Deqing's long-standing history as the origin of artificial freshwater pearl cultivation, dating back to the Southern Song Dynasty, around 800 years ago, has led to the development of a unique ...