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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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