Zhemchug - History and Legends

Pearl is one of the oldest kinds of precious stones, and still popular today. Some legends and history of pearls:

The oldest part of the pearl jewelry necklace, which was found buried with a Persian princess. It is estimated that more than 2000 years.
According to historians, Treasures of the Ancient Near East and Asian companies were brought here 3500 years.
They were raised in ancient Rome and is very expensive. The Roman commander had sold one pearl, making the campaign as a whole as a result.
Legend has it that Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, cultured akoya pearl, the pearl dissolved in wine and hoping to prove his love for Mark Antony Roman Empire.
The Bible speaks repeatedly of pearls.
The ancient Greeks importance not only for their beauty, but also for its association with love and marriage.
Medieval world, estimated to go and they have brought not only women, and knights in battle. These knights, cultured freshwater pearl, the beads can be protected from harm.
In Renaissance Europe, several countries have adopted laws that prohibit anyone except nobility to wear pearls and she in his possession.
The ancient Incas and Aztecs prized for their beauty and magical powers.
Native American men and women on the coast of the Atlantic and Mississippi was the freshwater pearl pendant and earrings.
The discovery of pearls in the waters of Central America, the wealth of Europe in the boom years. Rush "The Pearl" was so great that virtually all American pearl oyster populations have disappeared in the late 17 th century.
The renowned French jeweler Jacques Cartier traded two pearl necklaces for valuables on the famous Fifth Avenue in New York and built his famous jewelry store there in 1916.
Pearls before very expensive and only the very rich could the early 20 th century the century to do if pearl farming began.