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  1. pearls

    A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as fossil conulariids. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is composed of calcium carbonate (mainly aragonite or a mixture of aragonite and calcite) in minute crystalline form, which has 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 of natural pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries. Because of this, pearl has become a metaphor for something rare, fine, admirable and valuable. The most valuable pearls occur spontaneously in the wild, but are extremely rare. These wild pearls are referred to as natural pearls. Cultured or farmed pearls from pearl oysters and freshwater mussels make up the majority of those currently sold. Imitation pearls are also widely sold in inexpensive jewelry. Pearls have been harvested and cultivated primarily for use in jewelry, but in the past were also used to adorn clothing. They have also been crushed and used in cosmetics, medicines and paint formulations. Whether wild or cultured, gem-quality pearls are almost always nacreous and iridescent, like the interior of the shell that produces them. However, almost all species of shelled mollusks are capable of producing pearls (technically "calcareous concretions") of lesser shine or less spherical shape. Although these may also be legitimately referred to as "pearls" by gemological labs and also under U.S. Federal Trade Commission rules, and are formed in the same way, most of them have no value except as curiosities.

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  1. Pearls

    Pearls is a 1981 album by Elkie Brooks. It is in part a compilation album, featuring earlier singles mixed with newly-recorded material. It went on to become a major hit in the UK - the biggest of her career.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pearls in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pearls in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of pearls in a Sentence

  1. Thomas Brooks (1608-1680):

    Christ is a most precious commodity, he is better than rubies or the most costly pearls; and we must part with our old gold, with our shining gold, our old sins, our most shining sins, or we must perish forever. Christ is to be sought and bought with any pains, at any price; we can not buy this gold too dear. He is a jewel more worth than a thousand worlds, as all know who have him. Get him, and get all; miss him and miss all.

  2. David Bennett:

    Natural pearls made huge prices, all soaring multiple times beyond pre-sale estimates.

  3. Jenny Radesky:

    It's natural for getting a vaccine to stress out both children and their parents, i appreciate it when media creators cleverly place pearls of knowledge into their stories that help families cope.

  4. Proverb:

    Don't cast your pearls before swine.

  5. Le Roy:

    If you have pearls (of wisdom), let's share them ... so we could all empower and help each other because we don't have a playbook.

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