The footprints of pearls can be traced back to the Triassic period (250 million to 200 million years ago).Bivalve molluscs have gradually become the protagonist of the underwater world due to their many types and wide distribution. During the Neolithic Age (about 10,000 to 4,000 years ago), primitive people discovered pearls while searching for food along the coast and rivers.
Pearl Fossil
About 2,500 years ago, in the Gulf of Mannar, located between India and Sri Lanka, people began to collect pearls.This was the earliest area in history where pearls were collected. And later the pearl culture began to sprad all over the world.
The ancient Egyptians, Persians and Indians all loved pearls and regarded them as amulets and symbols of wealth, which has continued for thousands of years. Later pearls were broght to europe.
From 1530 to 1612, many European countries established "Pearl Laws". Only the nobles could use the pearls. Queen Elizabeth I of England was a famous pearl lover. She used pearls to decorate everything she liked.
As humans over-collect pearls, wild mother-of-pearl would soon be on the verge of extinction.
This forced people to start researching artificially cultured pearls. China should be the first country to culture pearls. The documented records shows the earliest pearl cultivation began in the Song Dynasty.
Humans’ domestication of pearl clams should have started with freshwater clams. Because compared to the turbulent sea, the water environment of lakes and ponds is relatively controllable, making artificial breeding operations easier.
Nowdays, most the of the pearls we see in the markted are the cultured pearls. and thanks to the human smart, it makes the pearls no longer only belong to rich people.
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