In 2023, Rebecca Winship discovered a rare conch pearl while eating a fritter in Key West, a find that happens in only one in 10,000 conchs She turned the pearl into a custom baroque-inspired cocktail ...

Conch pearls are formed by concentric layers of fibrous crystals, and this layering often produces the desired flame structure, which is characteristic of conch pearls. The pearls have a porcelain ...

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 farmed ...

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