Elegant Pearl Jewelry: The Oyster Gem Symbolizing Inner Wisdom The English word “pearl” is derived from the French “perle,” and it is originally from the Latin Perna ‘leg,’ after the ham-shaped or mutton leg-shaped bivalve. A Pearl jewelry is a hard and glistering object made via the soft tissues of living shell mollusk or other animals, like fossil conulariids. Similar to the shell of mollusks, the pearls are composed of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, which has deposited in concentric layers. There are many varieties of pearls, like the baroque pearls, READ MORE - https://www.rananjayexports.com/gemstones/pearl