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A pearl is a hard glistening object produced within the soft tissue of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as a conulariid. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is composed of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other shapes, known as baroque pearls, can occur. The finest quality natural pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centu
The Tahiti Traveler website notes that the black pearl has been known for âexceptional value and rarity that was only enhanced by its use in the jewelry of the worldâs royalty and nobility,â earning it the nicknames âqueen of pearlsâ and âpearl of queens.â The black pearl has had many legends associated with it, offering an array of meanings that ...