Learn About Cultured Pearls

At the heart of 302® Fine Jewelry is a dedication to bringing the latest on-trend fashion accessories and jewelry to women everywhere...

Pearls—cultured and natural—are experiencing a renaissance in fine jewelry! Thanks to fashion designers who’ve been affixing them to runway...

Of all the gems, classic pearls are perhaps the most mysterious. Because they’re abundant today, it’s hard for us to imagine natural pearls as uncommon...

Today, fine pearls have been democratized, with modern culturing operations putting a range of gorgeous specimens within our reach. From the soft radiance of South Sea.

Pearls form inside a mollusk, a combination of the mineral Aragonite and a protein called conchiolin. This protein is the organic building block of the mollusk shell. We feel pearls are...

As the great Jackie Kennedy once said, “Pearls are always appropriate.” Like most other gemstones, pearls don’t fit neatly into one particular category...