“The pearl is the queen of gems and the gem of queens.”
At least that’s what the star of the 1950s screen Grace Kelly said. So what makes these beautiful pieces of calcium carbonate so desirable? Pearls come from the mantle folds of virtually any mollusk, but most commonly from oysters and mussels. Records of divers searching for them in the sea date back to the early 20s CE onward, beginning on the coasts of the Indian Ocean. From depictions in paintings of the Golden Age to the trends of today, pearls continue to be one of mankind’s most beloved accessories.
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