Pearl Education

Rome
The Romans acquired their taste for pearls from the Greeks, and for some centuries rivaled or overtook India as the world's biggest pearl depository.
There was such competition for pearls in Rome that laws were made that only the elite could wear them. Statues of the goddesses especially Venus wore only the absolute best, largest, and most perfectly matched pearl earrings, in their marble pierced ears. Mortals got to fight over the rest. Large, perfectly matched pairs of pearls were...

More Famous Pearls from History

This short list of some of the world's most famous naturals pearls is a continuation from page one.

Charles I Pearl

A famous pearl, now lost, destroyed, or hidden away by a discreet collector, was that of King Charles I. Artist Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) painted several portraits of the king, many of which show a large drop pearl hanging from his left ear. In the portrait, Charles I, King of England, from Three Angles, 1636, which is now on display at the...

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Edison Pearls: Large beaded freshwater pearls grown in the mollusk gonad in lieu of the mantle. See also Ming Pearls.

EDXRF: Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence is a spectrometric method of determining chemical composition. It is used to differentiate cultured and natural pearls.

Egg shape: Oval shaped pearls.

EGL: European Gemological Laboratory.

Ehime Pearl Guild system: Point system...

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I was fortunate enough to get an early Kindle edition of Richard Wise's newest masterpiece "The French Blue". I also own a copy of Wise's "Secrets of the Gem Trade", and it is one of the very few gem books that I've read cover to cover, not just skipping ahead to the sections about pearls.

The French Blue is a completely different kind of work. It is a novel that begs to be read slowly, but once one becomes entranced in the story, it is nearly impossible to put down. Not for the faint of...

Famous Natural Pearls in History

Natural pearls are among the world's oldest gems, and from the time they were first discovered, they have remained some of the world's most sought-after and most revered gems. Throughout time, there have occasionally been a few pearls discovered that stand out among even these rare gems. Many of these famous pearls, some of them thousands of years old, are still around to be admired today. These pearls are remarkable reminders of the rich pearl history.

The...