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The Pearl (Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham Album)
A pearl is a hard object produced by mollusks. Pearl may also refer to: People People with the name * Pearl (given name) * Pearl (surname) * Pearl Aday Pearl Aday (born 1975) is an American singer. She is the adopted daughter of vocalist Michael Lee Aday, better known as Meat Loaf, and was a member of his touring band Neverland Express for nine years starting in the mid-1990s. She has appeared o ... (born 1975), American singer-songwriter * Granville Pearl Aikman (1858–1923), American judge * Pearl Bailey, an American jazz musician * Pearl Butler, an American country music singer People with nickname or pseudonym * Pearl (drag queen) (born 1990), stage name of drag performer and record producer Matthew James Lent * Janis Joplin (1943–1970), American singer-songwriter, nicknamed Pearl * Earl Monroe (born 1944), a.k.a. "Earl The Pearl", American basketball player Places In the United States * Pearl, Colorado * Pearl, Illinois * Pearl, Kansas * Pearl, Michigan * Pearl, Mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl
A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as fossil conulariids. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is composed of calcium carbonate (mainly aragonite or a mixture of aragonite and calcite) in minute crystalline form, which has deposited in concentric layers. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other shapes, known as baroque pearls, can occur. The finest quality of natural pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries. Because of this, ''pearl'' has become a metaphor for something rare, fine, admirable and valuable. The most valuable pearls occur spontaneously in the wild, but are extremely rare. These wild pearls are referred to as ''natural'' pearls. ''Cultured'' or ''farmed'' pearls from pearl oysters and freshwater mussels make up the majority of those currently sold. Imitation pearls are also widely s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
