South Sea pearl-shells are common, with white edges. The beautiful dark green pearl-shells called ear-shells or sea-ears, are more concave than the others, and have small holes round the margin ...

An curved arrow pointing right. South Sea pearls are the largest cultured-pearl variety, sometimes reaching over 20 millimeters in diameter. The Pinctada maxima oyster can take up to five years to ...

Theilvig accepted the South Sea pearl tiara from last year's titleholder, Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua. The first and second runners-up were Nigeria's Chidimma Adetshina and Maria Fernanda ...