Historically pearls
have been the symbol of love, happiness,
affection, generosity; for the western ancient peoples it represented
the pureness and for the Romans evoked love and pleasure. There are
many legends inspired by pearls: for the Eastern peoples they represent
wisdom and the ancients explained their origins by means of a delicate
and magic interpretation: when the moon, queen of the night sky,
spreads its sweet silver light over the earth, pearl-oysters leave the
seabed to rise up to the billowing waves and they let themselves gently
swing, thus becoming impregnated in a bond of love of night dew and
pure moon rays, and from this union pearls are born! Although it would
be nice to believe in this legend, let's try to understand where they
really come from, where they are formed and the reasons for the
thousands of differences of these real miracles of nature.
Historically pearls
have been the symbol of love, happiness,
affection, generosity; for the western ancient peoples it represented
the pureness and for the Romans evoked love and pleasure. There are
many legends inspired by pearls: for the Eastern peoples they represent
wisdom and the ancients explained their origins by means of a delicate
and magic interpretation: when the moon, queen of the night sky,
spreads its sweet silver light over the earth, pearl-oysters leave the
seabed to rise up to the billowing waves and they let themselves gently
swing, thus becoming impregnated in a bond of love of night dew and
pure moon rays, and from this union pearls are born! Although it would
be nice to believe in this legend, let's try to understand where they
really come from, where they are formed and the reasons
