Symbolizes clarity, purity, innocence and love, due to the life-giving power of water, and religious symbolisms that have been associated with pearls since the dawn of history.
Sources
- Akoya Pearls – Japan and China
- South Sea Pearls – Australia, Indonesia and Philippines
- Tahitian Pearls – French Polynesia
Principal oyster beds lay in the Persian Gulf, along the coasts of India and Sri Lanka, and in the Red Sea. Chinese pearls come mainly from freshwater rivers and ponds. Japanese pearls are found near the coast in salt water.
Eloquently stated… “Nothing can be added to fine pearls to make them more beautiful except a lovely woman.”
Unlike all others, pearls are completely organic and natural in their beauty, with no cutting or carving.
Natural pearls are produced in over two dozen kinds of mollusks, including oysters, mussels and shellfish.
The ancients believed pearls were formed when angel’s tears fell into an open oyster shell.
Associated with the ministry, pearls have been said to bring wisdom through experience and quicken the law of karma.
Pearls are said to keep children safe, as a symbol of innocence.
Greeks believed that wearing pearls would promote marital bliss and prevent newlywed women from crying.
Freshwater pearls are often given on the 1st wedding anniversary
