What is a Pearl?
A pearl is a hard round formation made inside the soft type tissue of a alive shelled mollusk. Similar to the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is comprised of calcium carbonate in a small crystalline form, which has been made into concentric layers. The best type of pearl is absolutely beautifully round & smooth, but many other similar shapes of pearls occur in the world. Of all the most finest quality natural pearls have been sought and valued as quality gemstones of magnificence for many years, and thus, the word itself pearl has become a popular metaphor to do with things that are very rare, fine, admirable, or valuable.
Valuable type pearls occur mostly in the wild and are extremely rare. They are wild. These types of wild pearls are referred to as natural pearls. Cultured type pearls or in another name farmed pearls from pearl oysters and freshwater mussels make up the majority of those that are now modernly sold. Imitation style or duly called fake pearls are also widely sold as inexpensive jewelry, but the quality of them is usually not as good as wild pearls.
Pearls mainly are harvested or cultivated in another word mainly for use in jewelry, but have also been used in clothing as well as 
weaponry before jewelry became popular.
Pearls Used in Jewelry
As can be seen in many forms worldwide, pearls have taken the place of really amazing forms of jewelry. This can range from necklaces, earrings, to belly rings to toe rings, to even hair pieces. The elegance of pearls are everywhere. For those of you with big money you can spend your earned dosh in the true wild pearls that stand out more than the cultured variety. For those with little to spare the cultured types of jewelry still make an impression as well.
Whatever your interests the affordability and elegance of pearls have options for almost everyone.
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