Pearl
A pearl is a hard, lustrous, typically spherical object produced within the soft tissue of a living shelled mollusk as a defense against irritants, prized for its iridescent beauty and commonly used in jewelry and adornments. In a broader sense, it metaphorically represents something rare, valuable, or wise, like a pearl of great price in literature or everyday conversation, reflecting humanity's fascination with turning adversity into elegance.
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The largest natural pearl ever recorded, the Pearl of Lao Tzu, was discovered in 1934 by a Filipino fisherman and weighs over 14 pounds—about the size of a basketball—making it so enormous that it was initially mistaken for a dinosaur egg and is now valued at potentially millions due to its rarity.
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