PRIZING PEARLS THE LUSTROUS GEM HAS A LONG AND LUMINOUS HISTORY.(LIFE & LEISURE)

Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) | July 28, 2001 | Copyright

Byline: GREG MORAGO HARTFORD COURANT

Pearls aren't just the world's first gem, they're also the most enduring.

Ancient Egyptian royalty prized pearls so highly they were buried with them. Greeks credited pearls to Aphrodite, Romans to Venus. Sacred Hindu writings equated pearls with weddings and the beginning of a new life. In the Middle East, the ancients believed pearls to be droplets of moisture from the heavens, tears of the gods. In early Chinese myths, pearls fell from the sky when dragons fought among the clouds.

Today, pearls remain wildly ...

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