PEARL PERSPECTIVE
To the poet, a pearl is a tear of the sea; to the Oriental, it is a drop of dew, solidified; to the ladies, it is a jewel which they wear on their finger, neck, or ear. But for the chemist, it is a mixture of Phosphate and Carbonate of Lime with a little gelatin. And for naturalists, it is simply a morbid secretion of the organ that among certain bivalves produces mother-of-pearl. From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne
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